Supervisory Patent Attorney

**Duties**:
**The physical worksite for this position is Nationwide. This position is remote eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy.**

This position is located in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

As a Supervisory Patent Attorney, you will be working within the largest IP Rights governing body in the nation. You will be supporting economic growth and positioning America as the hub of critical thinking on patent-related matters in the world. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) (Public Law 112-29; Sept. 16, 2011) has made the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) the cutting edge of evolution in patent law.

**_This role is the ideal next career step for you if:_**
- _You are able to exercise the full range of supervisory duties, including reviewing and _evaluating the performance for all patent attorneys under your supervision for compliance with standards and assigning work._
- _You have the skills to analyze procedures before the Board and the ability to develop desirable Rule changes pertinent thereto._
- _You have the ability to make authoritative interpretations of legal precedents and technology reviewed by patent attorneys under your supervision, and you are able to perform a number of related duties._
- _You are able to prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishments and administrative information and coordinate the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to management._

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Applicants will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals.
- Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.
- You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
- Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
- If selected, you may be required to complete a two-year trial period.
- You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

**Qualifications**:

- You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at **OPM Website**.**

**Patent Attorney Series, 1222**

Specialized Experienceis experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-14.
- **Specialized experience for this position includes**:

- Experience leading a team using team-building skills and techniques to ensure efficient and adequate outcomes and results.
- Experience identifying long-range implications of proposed actions and preparing a plan to address such impacts.

**Professional legal experience** is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled. Legal work is described as extremely complex and difficult and requires a high order of original and creative legal endeavor in balancing conflicting interests; has broad or wide-scope impact on an economy, industry, private or public interests; and may involve directly or indirectly very large sums of money. Work may also involve patent examination or patent prosecution experience; acting as an attorney in charge of the preparation and presentation of cases; recommending policies and developing procedures and regulations to implement new or amended legislation; and acting as legal counsel to a major firm or organization.
- Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

**Education**:
You must provide at least one of the following as proof of fulfillment of the requisite education requirement:
**A.** **Possess a Bachelor's degree, Master's Degree, or Doctor of Philosophy Degree (referred to as "degree(s)") in a Recognized Technical Subject.**

1. Engineering (Eng.) Physics; 2.Environmental Eng.; 3.Gen. Engineering; 4. Genetic Eng.; 5.Geological Eng.; 6. Industrial Eng.; 7. Marine Eng.; 8. Materials Eng.; 9. Mechanical Eng.; 10. Metallurgical Eng.; 11. Mining