Patent Agent - Medical Devices

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 under layers of review. You’ll help build one of the most ambitious medical-device patent operations being assembled anywhere today.

You’ll protect breakthrough inventions across hydrogen inhalation systems, biosensors, wearable health technologies, and future-facing wellness devices. Your work could help accelerate technologies designed to influence 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 alongside 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 medical-device innovation moves from concept to protected intellectual property.

This is not a maintenance role. It is a chance to help set a new standard for modern 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 – Medical Devices Domain

ROLE SNAPSHOT —

• Location/Schedule: Remote, Full-Time
• Purpose: Own end-to-end prosecution for advanced medical-device and health-technology inventions within a high-speed AI-powered patent operation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES —

• Review, redline, prosecute, and file AI-generated patent applications in the Medical Devices domain.
• Draft and prosecute provisionals, non-provisionals, PCT filings, and continuations.
• Respond to office actions involving §102, §103, §112(f), enablement, and claim-construction issues.
• Conduct examiner interviews and develop prosecution strategies for device-related claims.
• Identify claim-scope gaps, structural-support weaknesses, prior-art risks, and specification inconsistencies.
• Collaborate with inventor teams across mechanical, electrical, and firmware disciplines.
• Feed prosecution learnings and rejection patterns back into the Patent Engine to improve drafting quality.
• Operate independently under your own USPTO Patent Agent authority without attorney supervision.

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 medical-device, consumer-electronics, or sensor-hardware domains.
• Strong engineering background: BSME, BSEE, BSBME, or equivalent; MS preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise with §112(f) means-plus-function claim drafting and structural-support strategies.
• Ability to independently sign and prosecute filings without attorney supervision.
• Comfort operating in AI-assisted patent drafting workflows.
• Ability to work at high production speed while maintaining substantive quality.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior in-house medical-device IP experience.
• Experience at a top-tier patent prosecution practice focused on medical devices.
• Familiarity with FDA 510(k) and PMA regulatory pathways.
• Experience with hydrogen inhalation devices, biosensors, wearable devices, photobiomodulation hardware, or EMF-protection technologies.
• Hands-on experience with AI-driven drafting systems.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunity to help build a next-generation AI-powered patent operation.
• High ownership and direct impact on strategic IP development.
• Exposure to cutting-edge health and wellness technologies.
• Fast-moving, innovation-focused environment.
• Small, highly specialized team structure with significant autonomy.

Honest Challenge

This role is built for high-output patent professionals who thrive under ownership, speed, and independent accountability. The pace is significantly faster than traditional law-firm workflows, and candidates must be comfortable redlining AI-generated drafts quickly while maintaining substantive prosecution quality. Completing the short application step is required to move forward.

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 July 12, 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.