Patent Coordinator

at  Amgen

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Patent Coordinator

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree
OR
Associate’s degree and 4 years of Legal experience
OR
High school diploma/GED and 6 years of Legal experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in a law firm
• 3+ years of recent patent prosecution experience in a law firm or corporate law department
• Strong computer, word processing and proofreading skills
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and manage several projects simultaneously
• Exceptional communication skills – oral and written, including ability to effectively communicate with outside counsel
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management and project management skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills
• Resourceful, creative, flexible and team player
• Registered Notary Public or willingness to register as Notary Public

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide support to the Intellectual Property Law team by assisting with the preparation, filing (including e-filing), prosecution, and maintenance of patent applications both U.S. and Foreign. Candidate may: prepare interference and opposition files, draft correspondence, obtain references, patents, file histories, set-up files and databases, prepare prosecution documents such as IDS, assignments, powers of attorney, and proofread documents.

This role can be based at Amgen’s site in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Amgen’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California; or at Amgen’s site in South San Francisco, California.

• Word processing, copying, faxing, scanning, maintaining filing systems (including on-line filing systems)
• Running docket reports, scheduling meetings, coordinating travel arrangements, and utilizing on-line services (document orders, shipping, office supplies, etc.)
• Review, prioritize and flag high priority communications (emails and documentation) for timely and appropriate response
• Use internal contacts to provide prompt responses to inquiries from staff at all levels of the various organizations impacted by the client
• Timely preparation and processing of expense reports and maintenance and retrieval of filed information and correspondence to ensure immediate access to information.