Overview
Discovery Clerk Jobs in Racine, WI at Racine County
Position Summary
The Docketing Coordinator will utilize their growing expertise to perform the daily administration of intellectual property client dockets, performs primary docketing functions, and manages client communications and electronic records. This position reports to the Docketing Team Lead.
Essential Functions
Review of incoming patent and trademark office documents, including docketing new deadlines, entry of new information and calculation of deadlines, review for data accuracy and update/flag discrepancies for attorneys, and checking to ensure all incoming documentation matches most recent filings in government data.
Generation of reports requested by firm attorneys, clients, or foreign counsel.
Process daily docket clearance reports from IP staff, proactively close docket reminders, proactively close deadlines based on detailed review of incoming correspondence indicating completion, and process other de-docket requests submitted by IP staff.
Process outgoing file transfers by closing outstanding docket actions and inactivating cases within the docketing system.
Process incoming file transfers by entering records and assigning docket numbers, reviewing auto-generated actions and flagging urgencies for attorneys, review of information/docket actions from prior counsel for accuracy and docketing accordingly, confirming responsibility for annuities payments and docketing accordingly, systematically prioritizing to review complete file histories of all cases and enter complete information to fill out the records, and checking patent office websites where possible to confirm and complete information in each record
Continued audit and cleanup of existing docket data via special projects and standardization; maintenance of accurate case statuses.
Creation/administration of country law rules set to generate based on filing/grant/priority dates in the application.
Recommend enhancements to existing processes and procedures.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience/education
Qualifications
1- 5 years of IP experience required
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe
Ability to independently facilitate and manage projects
Ability to analyze and interpret data
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Work from home
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Monday to Friday
Location:
Texas (Required)
Work Location: Remote
Title: Discovery Clerk
Company: Racine County
Location: Racine, WI
