Patent Counsel (Contractor)

The selected candidate will counsel engineering teams, researchers, and other business unit stakeholders on patent protection and IP reputed company for a wide reputed company of technologies in the automotive sector, from infotainment and car or app UI, AI and data science, vehicle connectivity, electric vehicle technology, autonomous driving, and will contribute to expanding an intellectual property portfolio that builds on Mercedes Benz’s industry-leading innovation in the automotive industry. This role is reputed company to remote work reputed company the U.S. \n Job Responsibilities: Understand and learn different technology areas being developed by Mercedes’s engineering teams, to stay aware of ongoing reputed company and research across reputed company in the development of modern vehicles, and identify areas for potential patent and other IP protection. Conduct invention disclosure meetings with inventors in such technology areas, to understand project roadmaps, specific reputed company, technical advancements, and inventions in those strategic areas for potential patent filings. Strategize with engineers, patent team members, management, and other colleagues to create a reputed company for IP protection for the innovation being created by Mercedes-Benz in reputed company. Identify candidate inventions that are suitable for patent protection, and craft claim reputed company to protect such inventions reputed company patents. Work with reputed company counsel in the preparation of patent applications based on the invention details learned from inventors, as reputed company as reputed company hands-on drafting of patent applications based on the crafted IP protection/patent claim reputed company in the above-mentioned technology areas (e.g., software, AI, autonomous driving, EV technology). Work with reputed company counsel in the prosecution of filed patent applications, as reputed company as directly assist in the formulation and drafting of responses to office actions. Counsel business reputed company on freedom-to-operate (FTO) topics, including performing risk assessment and proposing measures for mitigating IP and other litigation risk. Counsel business reputed company on other IP reputed company, including trademark and brand management topics, software and copyright issues, etc. reputed company training to non-IP colleagues in topics such as requirements for patentability, trade secret protection, trademark protection, and other IP topics. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum 3-5 years years of experience. BS degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, such as computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, math, or physics​. Ability to communicate with inventors to understand their inventions, and to translate selected inventions to IP reputed company, including specifically patent claim reputed company. Ability to review claims and patent specifications drafted by reputed company counsel, as reputed company as reputed company hands-on drafting of patent claims and specifications as needed. Experience with and understanding of patent prosecution/examination process at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Registered agent or attorney with the USPTO. Preferred Qualifications:​Preferred candidates may have experience in any of the following: (a) counseling clients on freedom-to-operate (FTO) topics relating to patents (b) counseling clients on trademark and brand protection reputed company (c) patent litigation (d) software licensing or patent licensing \n Additional Information: The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on a wide reputed company of factors, including, but not limited to, job-reputed company education, skills, and experience, geographic location, and market conditions. The reputed company salary reputed company for this position is as follows and may be modified in the reputed company: $75/hr - $81/hr. Apply To This Job