Trainee Patent Attorney – Electronics/Electrical/Physics/Com. Science

An attractive starting salary / A structured career path / A learning environment to gain a respected legal qualification.

Talk to Tomkins about training as a European & Chartered Patent Attorney.

• Drafting Patent applications, including studying and analysing scientific or technical documents, including prior art documents to understand, define and document an invention.
• Training under a European Patent Attorney to the standard required for sitting professional qualification examinations.
• Responding to examination reports, including analysing objections from patent examiners and prior art documents, formulating an opinion and proposing legal and technical argumentation and/or amendments to overcome objections.
• Performing preliminary patentability searches using patent databases and providing patentability opinions.
• Providing patent advice to inventors and business leaders.
• Providing advice on patent litigation that may include assisting solicitors and counsel in infringement cases.
• Preparation of applications for registration of designs.
• Preparing freedom to operate opinions.
• Advising clients in respect of patent licencing/assignments and preparation of applications for recordal of licences/assignments.
• Keeping up to date with legal developments in the intellectual property field in respect of all forms of intellectual property rights.
• Ensuring client, official and patent renewal deadlines are observed.
• Ensuring accuracy of internal database records and deadlines.
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• Projects a professional manner and demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with clients and colleagues.

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