Legal Assistant - (US-VA-Alexandria - 22336)

Minimum Education: None
Job Type: Full Time
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Responsibilities and Requirements: Legal AssistantThe candidate will assist 3 attorneys, a Japanese Corporate Attache and a Patent Paralegal in the Patent Center with managing the docket of patent applications and Responses to Office Actions vis-a-vis the . Review/Check Invoices received from outsource-service providers. Bookkeep vis-a-vis deposit account statements. Proofread issued patents. Proofread published patent applications vis-a-vis bibliographic data. Draft Requests for Certificate of Correction. Notify client of extensions taken (vis-a-vis a period for replying to the ). Respond to reminders and/or status requests from client including providing an estimation of when subject service will be performed. Assist with document preparation including, like reformatting a document, generating a substitute specification, an application data sheet (ADS), an IDS, an Issue Fee transmittal form, and converting the same into .pdf files for uploading to EFS. Prepare/save submission packages using 's Electronic Filing System (EFS) mandated .pdf format for review by FPC working attorney vis-a-vis new applications, responses, stand-alone IDS (the latter including obtaining electronic copies of cited references as needed). Populate bibliographic fields within web-based IP docketing system. Prepare travel expense reports and expense reimbursement requests. Prepare a variety of spreadsheet-based monthly status reports. Assist superiors with gathering data for various performance metrics. Assist attorneys with Bar and professional organization membership paperwork. Assist attorneys in corresponding with client. Track inventories (office supplies, coffee). Reorder as needed.

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