Associate Patent Attorney | Upto $120/hr
mercor
United StatesPosted 18 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
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Mercor
connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include
Benchmark
,
General Catalyst
,
Peter Thiel
,
Adam D'Angelo
,
Larry Summers
, and
Jack Dorsey
.
Position
IP Expert — Patent / Trademark (Remote, Hourly)
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic
IP scenarios
from your practice, including
Office Action responses
, prior art analysis, and patent drafting.
- Write "golden" reference responses at attorney/agent-level quality.
- Grade
AI-generated responses
against structured rubrics.
- Provide written feedback to the research team to improve model behavior.
- Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions.
Must-Have
•
Registered patent agent or patent attorney ( USPTO/CIPO/UKIPO
), or trademark prosecution experience with a
J.D.
or
LL.B./LL.M.
•
1–4 years
of professional experience in
IP prosecution
or litigation.
•
Bar admission or USPTO/CIPO/UKIPO
registration in good standing.
•
Technical background in engineering, computer science, life sciences, or chemistry preferred for patent work.
•
Preferred
•
IP litigation
experience (claim charts, invalidity analysis, Markman hearing prep).
•
IP portfolio management
experience.
•
Inter Partes Review (IPR) or Post-Grant Review experience.
•
Familiarity with patent analytics tools ( PatSnap
,
Derwent
,
Google Patents
).
Start Date
•
Immediately
; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Compensation & Legal
•
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
•
Upload resume
•
AI interview based on your resume
•
Resources & Support
•
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•
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Originally posted on Himalayas
Skills
artificial-intelligence
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