Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Work Values

Daily Duties at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice:

1. Prepared for electronic filing U.S. Provisional, Nonprovisional, and Design Patent Applications, 371 National Phase Applications, Continuation and Divisional Applications, Amendments, and Responses to Office Actions; prepared Application Data Sheets, Information Disclosure Statements, Missing Parts Responses, Requests for Continued Examination, Issue Fee payments, and Maintenance Fee payments; 2. Prepared for electronic filing U.S. Trademark Applications, Responses to Trademark Office Actions, Statements of Use, Sections 8 & 15 Declarations, and Sections 8 & 9 Renewal Applications; 3. Handled foreign filing of U.S. Patent and Trademark Applications, including preparation of PCT Requests and Madrid Protocol Trademark Applications for electronic filing; preparation of European Community Design Applications; preparation, execution, and legalization of Formal Documents; and maintaining correspondence with foreign associates; 4. Managed Patent and Trademark dockets for managing member of the firm; 5. Designed and executed Trademark availability searches in USPTO database and Patentability searches in USPTO and Delphion databases; and 6. Docketed and managed dockets in IP Master and Prolaw.

What they like about Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

Intellectual Property Paralegal, Patent and Trademark Paralegal, PCT, US patent and trademark prosecution, Foreign patent and trademark prosecution

Skills

USPTO EFS-Web, Patrix docketing system, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Global IP Estimator, CPA Direct, PCT-Safe

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