Adjunct Attorney – Patent Prosecution (GA / TX / Remote)

Job Summary

Kilpatrick is seeking an experienced Adjunct Attorney to support our patent prosecution practice on a flexible, per project basis. This role involves handling a range of U.S. and international patent matters, from application drafting through prosecution and post-filing strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and file U.S. patent applications, including provisional, non-provisional, continuations, CIPs, and PCT applications
• Convert provisional applications into non-provisional filings
• Respond to Office Actions; conduct examiner interviews
• Prepare pre-appeal briefs, appeal briefs, and reply briefs
• Handle PCT prosecution tasks, including Article 19 and Article 34 amendments (Chapter II responses)
• Coordinate with and instruct foreign counsel on Office Action responses

Requirements:

• JD and active license to practice law in state of corresponding KTS office.  
• Registered to practice before the USPTO
• Demonstrated experience in patent prosecution
• Strong technical background (e.g., CS, CE, EE, Physics)

Company Overview

Kilpatrick is a full-service, international law firm with more than 600 attorneys who work with forward-thinking clients in established and emerging industries to solve their most business-critical matters.

Kilpatrick attorneys are fully engaged in the success of the firm's clients. We deliver results-oriented counsel for corporations at all stages of the growth cycle, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. A close collaboration between the firm's practice areas ensures that we are well-positioned to serve all of our clients' needs.

We serve clients around the world from offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, China, Japan, and Sweden. We value our client relationships and are committed to learning and furthering the business, as well as legal goals, of each company we work with. 

We strive at every level to develop beneficial relationships built on trust and mutual respect. We partner with the senior executives and internal counsel of our corporate clients, integrating and sharing tasks as appropriate. We take pride in the fact that clients who hire us once, typically hire us again. Our success is measured by the results we achieve on behalf of our clients, and we commit ourselves, without reservation, to the overriding objective of client satisfaction.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex or gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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