Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence Posted Date: Jan 6 2025 Are you a successful Patent Paralegal looking for a challenging opportunity to join the Legal team of a Global Pharmaceutical company? If so, this could be the right opportunity for you. As a Patent Paralegal, you will be responsible for coordinating a full range of multi-jurisdictional legal advice and services impacting the operations of GSK’s businesses around the globe as well as the ability to manage and prioritise work associated within defined processes. Job Purpose: This role is accountable for end-to-end paralegal patent support to patent attorneys, from the filing of new patent applications, worldwide filings and PCT applications, National Phase entry, all the way through to the patent being granted, exhibiting good execution in terms of proactivity, quality, and quantity. The role will report to the US Patent Paralegals Team Leader Key Responsibilities: This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following… Provide full patent paralegal support to attorneys covering end-to-end patent prosecution, from filing of new patent applications, worldwide filings and PCT applications, National Phase entry, all the way through to the patent being granted in all appropriate countries. Assist attorneys with the tasks involved in-license / out-license of cases working with third parties and external counsel to ensure an efficient and seamless transfer. Be part of any patent prosecution team if required. Act independently, anticipating upcoming activities, determining priorities and during attorney’s absence, to delegate matters to appropriate staff persons. Communicate with relevant patent offices and external counsel globally to ensure requirements are understood and convey any necessary information to attorneys in respect to the patent prosecution process. Manage electronic files relating to attorney case dockets, incorporating internal and official correspondence from patent offices around the world. Initiate and compose routine correspondence, ensuring timely and accurate drafting. Work with internal docket systems, actively managing attorney dockets ensuring attorneys have full visibility of future, upcoming and urgent matters, where appropriate performing cross checks and closing out office actions. Monitoring and complying with deadlines for all required filings throughout the entire patent prosecution process. Responsibilities include, but not limited to preparing patent specification, figures, sequence listings, IDS and other cited reference documentation, preparation of all internal and external documentation/forms, routine drafts of responses to Official communications and Office actions, sending instructions to agents and monitoring acknowledgements, calculation of any applicable fees payable on filing, actively resolving procedural issues as they arise, and any other activity related to patent preparation and prosecution. Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Secondary/High school education or equivalent is required, 5+ years experience working as a patent prosecution paralegal, legal secretary, patent administrator or comparable position with experience working in a private practice or in-house legal environment Experience with EU/U.S. and international patent prosecution procedures Experience in (Windows, Excel, Adobe) and ability to use patent database management systems. Competent in software packages that support patent prosecution work Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Formal paralegal training/certificate is preferred Ability to think analytically and creatively Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to work independently and make decisions Ability to meet deadlines and KPIs Ability to engage and interact effectively with individuals across boundaries #LI-GSK Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees. Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. 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