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
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