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Patent Agent

Nielsen
Remote, USA
Full-time
Junior · 2+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 1 weeks ago

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Responsibilities

  • Drafting provisional and non-provisional utility patent applications in-house.
  • Working directly with inventors and colleagues to evaluate invention disclosures.
  • Prosecuting patent applications in-house under supervision of IP portfolio managers both in the United States and in certain foreign jurisdictions by providing direct instructions to outside counsel foreign associates, including interviewing patent examiners, drafting and reviewing office action responses, drafting and reviewing appeal briefs, and all other phases of patent prosecution.
  • Assisting in developing patent strategies that focus patent protection on competitively differentiated features of Nielsen’s products, including working with IP portfolio managers and Nielsen’s product owners to ensure alignment between Nielsen’s business stakeholders and patent strategy.
  • Providing intellectual property support to Nielsen’s engineering and product teams related to its tech portfolio, including invention mining, patent training, and conducting patent audits of Nielsen’s products to identify existing and planned patent coverage and also identify patent whitespace for further IP development.
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  • Enabling your best to power a better media future.
  • Holistic Rewards: We are committed to an inclusive benefits package that supports our employees and their families. This includes comprehensive health and wellness plans, a 401(k) with a Nielsen company match, and a generous paid time off policy. Depending on the role, additional benefits may include a company-provided vehicle and/or discretionary incentive/bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

  • At least 2 years of experience as a patent agent, including drafting patent applications, drafting responses to office actions, and conducting examiner interviews.
  • Degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related industry experience, and/or in-depth knowledge of media content distribution, including but not limited to broadcast networks, cloud networking, wireless networks, end-user devices used to access and playback media content, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data science methodologies, and identity resolution.
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Previous in-house patent preparation and prosecution experience valued.
  • Experience with AI-drafting tools valued.

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