Patent Paralegal

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor's 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission-to enhance Murata's world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi's product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi's team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Senior Paralegal

Job Summary

The IP Paralegal will have broad experience supporting patent prosecution and docketing for US, PCT and foreign jurisdictions. Incumbent will have the ability to perform tasks required by an active international patent docket.

This is a part time position in San Diego.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Review, process, docket, and de-docket daily incoming correspondence and documents from outside counsel, foreign associates and internal IP team ensuring integrity and accuracy of the data.
• Manage e-document storage, review, process, and instruct local counsel on prosecution deadlines.
• Ensure that risk management is safe-guarded and reporting from law firms is complete and accurate.
• Open new patent records in docketing database
• Manage docket reports and alert IP team as necessary to meet deadlines
• Assist with annuity management and coordination, specifically addressing the discrepancy reports from Annuities Team.
• Assist with docket management service, specifically addressing day-to-day discrepancy reports.
• Provide data inputs (Invention level and basic Patent level, such as family tree 'tagging' of priorities, inventor data). Security based inputs that Docket cannot do.
• Create New Patent Records (e.g., filing plan decisions)
• Scheduling for Initial Inventor Meetings (IIMs).
• Provide administrative and IP prosecution paralegal duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• 8 years of law office and/or corporate legal department experience supporting US and foreign intellectual property and litigation matters
• 3 years of active US and international patent docket management experience; including experience with all types of documents and stages involved in US patent prosecution, and reasonable familiarity with PCT documents and procedures
• Experience supporting overseas patent prosecution (PCT) and thorough knowledge of at least one commercial patent information management system is required, as well as experience working with, and coordinating between, internal IP teams and external counsel.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of the company's internal and personnel affairs and company information. Understands ethics of position including ethical rules in regards to confidentiality, privilege and attorney work product.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• Collaborates effectively and professionally with everyone inside and outside the company
• Anticipates problems and issues and exercises independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions and take action in solving problems while knowing when and how to escalate.
• Expert in Adobe, Microsoft Office and at least one commercial docket management system
• The position requires excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Anaqua system for data entry and docketing
• Experience working within internationally dispersed multicultural teams
• Notary Public, commissioned in the state of California, a plus

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and paralegal certificate

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including "protected veterans" under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logoand UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP andDuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com