About the role

  • Work as a trainee patent attorney assisting with a variety of work for local and overseas clients.
  • Work on protecting innovations for tech clients (e.g., AI/ML, bioinformatics) from day one.
  • Trained by Partners and Senior Associates; participate in in-house and external exam-specific tutorials to qualify as UK and European patent attorneys.
  • Join meetings with inventors, observe hearings/trials, and learn from paralegals.
  • Gain experience preparing and filing patent applications in the UK and Europe.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate complex technical matters in writing.

Requirements

  • Have a degree or PhD in Physics/Theoretical Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or similar.
  • Preferably, your degree included modules focused on Artificial Intelligence/machine learning, but this is not essential.
  • Knowledge of and interest in any of the following areas would be advantageous: machine learning models, image recognition, object detection, speech recognition, natural language processing, and data mining.
  • Good communicator both in writing and verbally.
  • Recent graduates welcome; up to two years of experience working as a trainee patent attorney in the UK accepted.

Benefits

  • We pride ourselves on being small and friendly enough for you to get to know everyone – but big enough to offer you great career prospects.
  • A mentor providing professional and personal support throughout your training contract.
  • We will fund all of your training including memberships, exams, courses and conferences.
  • Encourage technical teams to write articles for our Greenshoots platform and take part in podcasts.
  • 34 hour working week
  • A blend of office and home working
  • Annual salary review
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Social outings - summer parties, AL Junior events, Christmas party and more
  • A voucher on your birthday
  • Charity events - games nights and fuddles
  • A friendly and inclusive place to work and learn

Job title

Trainee Patent Attorney

Job type

Experience level

Entry level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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