Patent Agent - Biotechnology

This is the kind of role patent professionals talk about for the rest of their careers.

You won’t inherit a slow-moving legal department buried in layers of review. You’ll help build one of the most ambitious biotechnology patent operations being assembled anywhere today.

You’ll protect discoveries across molecular hydrogen therapy, microbiome science, advanced formulations, and future-facing biologic innovation. Your work could help accelerate inventions designed to improve millions of lives around the world.

You’ll operate with rare ownership. Your judgment. Your signature. Your prosecution strategy. Your name on the filings.

You’ll work beside an AI-powered invention engine moving at extraordinary speed while still owning the human expertise that matters most. You’ll help reshape the future of how breakthrough scientific discoveries move from concept to protected intellectual property.

This is not a maintenance role. It is a chance to help set a new standard for modern biotech patent prosecution.

Your next 5 minutes could land you in our top 5% shortlist — click Apply to start your application (a short, simple step to put you in the running).

Registered USPTO Patent Agent — Biotechnology Domain

ROLE SNAPSHOT —

• Location/Schedule: Remote 
• Purpose: Own end-to-end biotechnology patent prosecution for one of Mercola Health Sciences’ highest-priority technical domains.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES —

• Review, redline, prosecute, sign, and file AI-drafted patent applications.
• Own biotechnology-domain prosecution across hydrogen therapy, microbiome modulation, nutraceutical formulations, and adjacent biologic or biochemistry claims.
• File provisionals, non-provisionals, PCT applications, and continuations through USPTO Patent Center.
• Respond to office actions involving enablement, written description, prior art, claim amendments, and arguments.
• Conduct examiner interviews when strategically useful.
• Identify claim-scope issues, missing support, prior-art blind spots, and mechanism-of-action overreach.
• Feed redline patterns and rejection insights back into the Patent Engine.
• Coordinate with scientists, formulators, and microbiologists to convert lab results into prosecutable claim sets.

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS.

• Active USPTO Patent Bar registration in good standing.
• Minimum 4 years of patent prosecution experience post-registration.
• Minimum 50 patent applications drafted, prosecuted, or substantively responded to in biotech, pharma, or life sciences.
• BS minimum in a relevant life sciences field; MS or PhD strongly preferred.
• Strong experience with enablement and written-description strategy.
• Ability to operate without attorney supervision and sign filings under your own authority.
• Comfort with AI-augmented patent drafting workflows.
• Comfort in a small in-house team rather than a large-firm partnership track.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS.

• Prior in-house experience at a major pharma or biotech IP group.
• Prior patent-agent track experience at a top patent prosecution firm.
• Direct experience with hydrogen therapy, microbiome, or nutraceutical patenting.
• Working knowledge of FDA and FTC adjacency.
• Hands-on experience using AI-based drafting tools in production prosecution.

WHAT WE OFFER.

• High-ownership in-house patent prosecution work.
• A rare opportunity to help build a high-velocity patent operation.
• Domain ownership in one of the organization’s highest-priority technical areas.
• Direct exposure to scientific inventors and founder-level review.
• A small, focused production-tier patent team.

Honest Challenge.
This role is built for high-output patent professionals who can move quickly, redline AI-drafted applications with precision, defend biotechnology claims, and operate independently without attorney supervision.

READY TO JUMP IN?
Click Apply to start the short application (about 5 minutes).

Important: Completing the embedded application step is required to be considered.

The pay range for this position is $140,000.00 to $200,000.00. Please note that the quoted pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) experience, including industry or specific experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, and/or other applicable laws. 

This position is benefits-eligible. Mercola provides competitive, affordable, and diverse benefit programs that support your total health – from a healthy body to a healthy mind. These benefits support you and your family in all aspects of life:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Spending Accounts
• Dayforce Wallet – get paid as you earn
• Employee Discount
• Retirement Planning (401k with matching contribution)
• Pet Insurance
• Wellness Program Offerings
• Paid Time Off, accrued per pay period based on years of service, starting at 20 days annually. 
• 9 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday.

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

The Company expects to accept applications for this position until June 14, 2026, but encourages interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. We will review this information, and one of our Talent Acquisition professionals will reach out if your background aligns with the position.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

Mercola and its affiliates (“Mercola”) are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race (including hairstyle and texture), color, religion or belief (or lack thereof) (including religious grooming and dress practices), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. If you need accommodation, please send an email to hr@mercola.com to let us know the nature of your request.