Mid-Senior Life Sciences / Biotech Patent Agent

Kilpatrick?s Chemistry & Life Sciences is seeking a mid to senior level, USPTO registered, Patent Agent in the Life Sciences. Applicant should have strong writing skills and 4 + years of relevant patent prosecution experience related to Biology, Biotechnology, and Life Sciences.

An advanced degree, preferably a PhD, is desirable, but not required. Expertise in molecular biology is an asset. Ideal base office location for this role would be Kilpatrick?s Atlanta office. Other Kilpatrick office location options for this team include; Denver, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Walnut Creek, Washington DC, or Winston-Salem.

(Expected Salary Range: $160,000 - $270,000)

Kilpatrick is a full-service, international law firm with more than 600 attorneys who work with forward-thinking clients in established and emerging industries to solve their most business-critical matters.

Kilpatrick attorneys are fully engaged in the success of the firm?s clients. We deliver results-oriented counsel for corporations at all stages of the growth cycle, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. A close collaboration between the firm?s practice areas ensures that we are well-positioned to serve all of our clients? needs.

We serve clients around the world from offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, China, Japan, and Sweden. We value our client relationships and are committed to learning and furthering the business, as well as legal goals, of each company we work with.

We strive at every level to develop beneficial relationships built on trust and mutual respect. We partner with the senior executives and internal counsel of our corporate clients, integrating and sharing tasks as appropriate. We take pride in the fact that clients who hire us once, typically hire us again. Our success is measured by the results we achieve on behalf of our clients, and we commit ourselves, without reservation, to the overriding objective of client satisfaction.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex or gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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