Patent Counsel
Core
Tech-native Patent Attorney or Senior Patent Agent working directly within the codebase to identify, document, and protect proprietary causal AI and high-performance computing technologies.
Role type
Senior Patent Attorney / Senior Patent Agent (Tech-native)
Builds
Defensible IP portfolio for causal inference breakthroughs and Spiking Neural Network (SNN) architectures
Domain
Artificial Intelligence (Causal Inference) / High-Performance Computing / Software Engineering
Deliverable
Production ML models (via IP protection)
Required skills
Patent prosecution, USPTO registration, technical reading of Python/C++, forensic documentation of invention, portfolio strategy, trade secret vs. patent strategy
Preferred skills
Experience in AI/Software Section 101 battles, background in CS/EE/Physics/Math, startup experience
Technologies
Python, C++, Spiking Neural Networks (SNN), Causal Inference frameworks
Responsibilities
Code-level IP harvesting from repositories and PRs, drafting and managing patent applications, implementing version-controlled invention records, managing global IP portfolio strategy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC