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Patent Paralegal / Docketing Specialist

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 11/06/2025 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Legal Job Number: 12433 Pay Rate: $30.00 - $48.00 Remote Friendly: Work from home flexibility

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. They are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline.

Job description:

Patent Paralegal / Docketing Specialist: We're looking for a Patent Paralegal / Docketing Specialist to provide essential overflow support for our patent paralegal team. In this role, you will manage specialized docketing and patent administrative tasks, ensure data accuracy, and deliver high-quality support to our Intellectual Property team.

Responsibilities:
  • Docketing and Data Management
  • Review and verify the accuracy of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and foreign filing mail that has been docketed.
  • Perform de-docketing and double-checking of tasks; identify and correct data discrepancies.
  • Maintain data integrity across our patent management systems.
  • Auditing and Quality Control:
  • Conduct detailed audits of docketed tasks to confirm accuracy of due dates and task types.
  • Ensure all actions reflected in correspondence are properly captured and docketed.
  • Review records, update statuses, and manage rolling of non-statutory deadlines.
  • Paralegal and Administrative Support
  • Provide prosecution and formality-related assistance to patent paralegals.
  • Audit records, update inventor information, organize and rename files, and save correspondence in compliance with documentation protocols.
  • Manage administrative data updates within our patent management system (Anaqua).

Job Requirements

Qualifications:
  • At least 3-5 years of experience in patent prosecution and docketing.
  • High school diploma (Bachelors degree preferred).
  • Proficiency in Google Suite
  • Experience using USPTO electronic filing systems and a patent docketing system (Anaqua preferred).

Key Competencies:
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines efficiently in a collaborative environment.
  • Proactive, self-disciplined, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and analytical ability.

Meet Your Recruiter

Lexie Pierce
Recruiter

As a Compass recruiter, Lexie brings in 15 years of experience in leadership and employee growth and development. She's incredibly passionate about helping candidates find and accept new opportunities, ultimately leading her to start her recruiting career in the life science industry. Her favorite part about connecting with Compass candidates and clients is witnessing the excitement the candidates exude and making an impact on their lives.

 

Outside of the office, Lexie enjoys going to the farmers' market on Saturdays with her son so she can find the best produce to use in her family dinners. She enjoys cooking, reading, knitting, restoring furniture, and spending time with her family and friends. Lexie is also passionate about supporting organizations that are looking to educate the community about Congenital Heart Defects (CHD).

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