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In-House Patent Agent - Small Corporation - Mountain View, Calif.

By Dennis Crouch

Kaleidescape, Inc. is seeking an in-house patent agent to manage the day-to-day prosecution of the Company?s growing patent portfolio. This position requires an experienced and competent individual that can work independently, meet deadlines and provide a high quality of service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful and growing company that is the leader in digital entertainment server technology. Kaleidescape?s diverse patent portfolio covers areas such as encryption, an innovative user interface for browsing digital content, online shopping and content delivery. The Company has eight issued patents and over 30 pending patent applications.

The successful candidate must be prepared to immediately assume responsibility for the prosecution of the Company?s ongoing patent applications and work with the CTO, Intellectual Property personnel and outside legal counsel to secure best-in-class patents. In addition, the Company is looking to file new applications for its many innovative product features and needs a patent agent who is willing to work diligently to write and file patent applications to secure the earliest possible priority dates for the company?s future applications.

Responsibilities:

• Management of day-to-day prosecution of the Company?s growing patent portfolio in order to secure patent protection for the most important and marketable aspects of the Company?s inventions.

• Work with the CTO and IP Manager to implement intellectual property portfolio development strategies.

• Analyze competing products for infringement of Kaleidescape patents.

• Work with the Company?s engineers to ensure that the Company?s products do not infringe third party patents.

• Keep up to date with changes to USPTO procedures and relevant case law and advise the company on same.

Qualifications:

• Registration to practice before the USPTO.

• Working knowledge of EPO and JPO regulations.

• Strong legal and technical background with at least a Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

• Minimum of three years patent preparation and prosecution experience in areas related to computing.

• A track record of securing best-in-class patents in computing or related areas.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, distributed work environment.

• Strong interest in emerging technologies, particularly in A/V and computing.

• High integrity.

Compensation:
Competitive salary with equity opportunity, profit sharing and excellent benefits.

Contact:
If you?d like to be considered for this position, please send an electronic copy of your resume along with an introductory letter to careers-CTO@kaleidescape.com.

If your experience and qualifications are a good fit for the position, you will be asked to interview in person. We regret that we are not able to respond personally to all submissions, but each and every one is evaluated and considered for placement. No Recruiters Please.

Additional Info:
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Mountain View, California¹

¹Possibility of telecommuting or teleworking.

Full post as published by Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O on November 14, 2007 (boomark / email).