Patent Renewal Clerk

at  Glu Recruit

HOURS: MON-FRI (HYBRID AVAILABLE)

Our client is seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated Patent Renewal Records Clerk (Paralegal) to join their Legal Services Unit in Edinburgh.

DUTIES:

The main duties of the role will include:

• Generating and preparing renewal reminders for clients.
• Attending to payment of renewal fees as instructed.
• Dealing with client queries and helping them understand certain procedures.
• Ensuring all service charges and official fees in relation to renewals are accurately recorded and working closely with the Revenue Team.
• Docketing and processing incoming requests from the internal records mailbox, external client mailbox and adding new patent applications (EP, UK, PCT and Foreign)
• Reviewing and second checking deadlines and actions docketed by other members of the team including post received via the EPO mailbox.
• Checking documents as filed to ensure that the correct actions have been taken, relevant fees paid, and no obvious errors made in submissions.
• Processing client and deadline reports from the records system.
• General daily maintenance of the records system including updating and removing deadlines and updating client information.
• Communicating with fee earners and paralegals ensuring the deadlines are met and assisting with their general queries for records.