Patent Paralegal

Patent Paralegal

This is the kind of role patent professionals talk about for the rest of their careers. You won’t inherit a slow-moving operation buried in layers of bureaucracy. You’ll help build one of the most ambitious high-speed patent operations being assembled anywhere today. You’ll help protect breakthrough discoveries across health, wellness, and future-facing scientific innovation. Your work could help accelerate inventions designed to improve millions of lives around the world. You’ll operate at extraordinary speed alongside an AI-powered invention engine while still owning the human judgment, coordination, and precision that make everything work. You’ll become the operational heartbeat behind a rapidly expanding portfolio of innovation. This is not a maintenance role. It is a chance to help set a new standard for modern patent operations. Years from now, others may study systems like this. You’ll know you helped build one of the first.

Your next 5 minutes could land you in our top 5% shortlist — click Apply to start your application (a short, simple step to put you in the running).

ROLE SNAPSHOT —

Location/Schedule: Remote
Purpose: Support a high-volume in-house patent operation by owning docketing, Patent Center workflows, inventor coordination, and filing execution across a rapidly expanding patent portfolio.

Key Responsibilities —

• Own daily patent docketing operations with zero missed deadlines.
• Prepare and process USPTO Patent Center filings and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate inventor disclosures, declarations, assignments, and signature workflows.
• Manage maintenance fee tracking and entity-status verification.
• Support intake and quality control workflows tied to AI-generated patent application output.
• Coordinate foreign filing and PCT national phase activities with outside counsel.
• Generate operational reporting for portfolio health, filing cadence, and deadline tracking.
• Maintain accurate status updates and filing records in real time.

Must-have Qualifications —

• Minimum 3 years of patent paralegal experience in a high-volume environment.
• Recent hands-on USPTO Patent Center filing experience within the past 12 months.
• Advanced proficiency with CPI, Anaqua, FoundationIP, or IPfolio.
• Proven deadline management accuracy with a verifiable sub-1% missed-deadline rate.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort operating in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working with AI-augmented patent drafting workflows.

Preferred Qualifications —

• USPTO Patent Bar registration.
• PCT national phase experience across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience in a boutique IP law firm environment.
• Bilingual English/Mandarin or English/Korean.
• Experience supporting AI-drafted patent applications in production environments.

What We Offer —

• Opportunity to help build a next-generation patent operation from the ground up.
• High-visibility role with direct leadership exposure.
• Fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.
• Meaningful ownership and operational influence.
• Opportunity to work alongside advanced AI-enabled invention systems.
• Mission-driven work connected to future-focused scientific innovation.

Honest Challenge

This is a high-volume, high-accountability environment with daily operational cadence expectations. The role requires strong organization, precision under pressure, and comfort completing a short embedded application step as part of the selection process.

READY TO JUMP IN?

Click Apply to start the short application (about 5 minutes)

Important: Completing the embedded application step is required to be considered.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75,000.00 to $110,000.00. Please note that the quoted pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) experience, including industry or specific experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, and/or other applicable laws.

This position is benefits-eligible. Mercola provides competitive, affordable, and diverse benefit programs that support your total health – from a healthy body to a healthy mind. These benefits support you and your family in all aspects of life:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Spending Accounts
• Dayforce Wallet – get paid as you earn
• Employee Discount
• Retirement Planning (401k with matching contribution)
• Pet Insurance
• Wellness Program Offerings
• Paid Time Off, accrued per pay period based on years of service, starting at 15 days annually.
• 9 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday.

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

The Company expects to accept applications for this position until June 21, 2026, but encourages interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. We will review this information, and one of our Talent Acquisition professionals will reach out if your background aligns with the position.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

Mercola and its affiliates (“Mercola”) are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race (including hairstyle and texture), color, religion or belief (or lack thereof) (including religious grooming and dress practices), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. If you need accommodation, please send an email to hr@mercola.com to let us know the nature of your request.

Key skills/competency

• Patent Docketing
• USPTO Patent Center
• Inventor Coordination
• Filing Execution
• AI-Augmented Workflows
• Portfolio Management
• Foreign Filing
• PCT National Phase
• IP Law
• Legal Operations