Patent Agent - Supplement Delivery

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

You won’t inherit a slow-moving operation built by someone else. You’ll help build one of the most ambitious supplement-delivery patent platforms being assembled anywhere today.

You’ll protect breakthrough innovations in advanced delivery systems, next-generation wellness formulations, and technologies designed to help health solutions reach people more effectively around the world. Your work could help accelerate discoveries that influence millions of lives.

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 formulation innovation becomes protected intellectual property.

This is not a maintenance role. It is a chance to help build a model the industry may eventually try to imitate.

Years from now, others may study systems like this. You’ll know you helped build one of the first.

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 – Supplement Delivery Domain

ROLE SNAPSHOT —

• Location/Schedule: Remote, Full-Time
• Purpose: Own end-to-end patent prosecution for supplement delivery inventions in a high-speed, AI-assisted in-house patent operation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES —

• Review and redline AI-drafted patent applications in the supplement delivery domain.
• File provisionals, non-provisionals, PCTs, and continuations through USPTO Patent Center.
• Sign filings under your own USPTO Patent Agent authority.
• Respond to office actions, including enablement, written description, prior art, amendments, and arguments.
• Conduct examiner interviews when strategically beneficial.
• Identify range-support gaps, prior-art blind spots, and missing comparative examples.
• Feed redlines and rejection patterns back into the Patent Engine.
• Coordinate with formulation, pharmaceutical science, and inventor teams during disclosure intake.

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 formulation, drug delivery, supplement, or food-science domains.
• Strong technical degree in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, Food Science, or Chemistry.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and defending enablement positions on range claims.
• Ability to operate without attorney supervision.
• Comfort with AI-augmented patent drafting workflows.
• Comfort working in a small in-house team rather than a large-firm partnership track.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS.

• MS or PhD strongly preferred.
• Prior in-house experience at Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, or comparable pharma or CPG formulation IP group.
• Prior patent-agent track experience at Finnegan, Fish & Richardson, Knobbe Martens, or Sterne Kessler.
• Direct experience with microencapsulation, controlled-release, or bioavailability-enhancement patenting.
• Working knowledge of FTC supplement-claims adjacency.
• Hands-on experience with AI-based drafting tools in a production prosecution setting.

WHAT WE OFFER.

• A rare in-house patent production environment.
• Direct ownership of a defined technology domain.
• High-volume, high-speed patent work supported by AI-drafted applications.
• Opportunity to shape recursive improvement in an AI-powered patent engine.
• Close collaboration with inventor and formulation teams.

Honest Challenge.
This is not a traditional law-firm role. You must be comfortable redlining AI-drafted applications quickly, signing filings under your own authority, operating without attorney supervision, and defending complex range-claim strategies at production speed.

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.