Intellectual Property Paralegal / Formalities Officer, Salary up to £45,000
Location: Leeds (or Remote Working)
Salary: Up to £45,000
Job Description
Formalities administrator / IP Paralegal required for a boutique intellectual property practice based in Leeds. This is a highly autonomous role working across both patent and trade marks. Whilst being able to go to the office would be advantageous, remote working is a possibility.
Typical responsibilities will include:
- Patent and trademark records and patent formalities, including EP grant and validation, in-house and outsourced renewals
- European grant and post grant validation formalities, including post grant assignments
- Liaison between renewals services and clients
- Managing attorney diaries
- UK, and foreign patent formalities, including reporting UK and European patent publication notices, monitoring UK and foreign patent examination deadlines and instructing foreign attorneys
- Creating and managing electronic and physical records, maintaining case details and ensuring deadlines are adhered to
- Updating internal post procedures for patents, trademarks and designs
- Preparing and filing patent and trade mark applications
- Ensuring any fees due are paid
- Issuing reports to clients
- Reporting UK allowance and UK and foreign patent and trademark registrations