Patent Prosecution Paralegal

Company	Insmed
Location	Bridgewater Township, NJ, USA, San Diego, CA, USA
Salary	$42 – $59
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s
Experience Level	Senior

High school diploma or equivalent; college degree preferred.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm or in pharma / biotech industry.
Biotech / pharma industry experience desired.
Paralegal Certificate preferred.
Strong work ethic and ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Interpersonal and communication skills required to interact with lawyers and staff.
Ability to communicate effectively with a varied audience, including all levels of Company business partners, vendors, and other outside interested parties.

Process all incoming mail daily, including, but not limited, to patent related correspondence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Outside counsel, International Agents, and Inter-Office communications among attorneys and research teams.
Coordinating U.S. and international patent application filing procedures with Insmed patent team and outside counsel.
Preparing and filing new U.S. and national stage applications, PCT applications, and responses in the USPTO.
Monitoring and updating information on all global patent cases in the IP Docket Database in relation to client communications, government notifications, and international agent correspondence.
Conducting periodic status checks and participate in docket audits using government websites and communication to International Agents and outside counsel.
Generating various reports as requested on an as needed basis.
Maintaining current knowledge of IP rules and procedures, both domestic and international.
Assisting the accounting department with the reconciliation of invoices and USPTO deposit account.
Performing factual research on third parties and other topics as directed.
Updating competitive intelligence tables with up-to-date claim sets and application status by searching USPTO and EPO databases on a monthly basis.
Intake and docketing of invention disclosure forms, coordinating meetings between the R&D and patent teams to effectuate the flow of information and filing of patent applications based on forms.