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Patent Litigator - Fully Remote | Up to $125/hr

$125 per hour

Mercor

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation
Type: Contract
Compensation: $110–$125/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 12–15 hours total

Role Responsibilities

  • Review patent-related outputs and assess their quality against defined dimensions.
  • Annotate inline, flagging legal, technical, factual, claim-construction, and citation errors.
  • Provide clear, well-reasoned explanations for each judgment.
  • Complete all assigned reviews within the review window.
  • Attend a short onboarding session before kickoff.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership).
  • 3+ years of US patent practice in prosecution and/or litigation .
  • Registered to practice before the USPTO for prosecution work.
  • Hold a technical or scientific degree (engineering, computer science, life sciences, chemistry, physics or similar).
  • Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
  • Write clearly and pay close attention to detail.

Preferred

  • USPTO registration number (patent bar).
  • Experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or a leading patent boutique.
  • Federal Circuit or district-court patent clerkship.
  • Prior data annotation, AI evaluation, or legal-benchmark experience, including prior legal AI projects with Mercor.

Start Date

  • Immediately required

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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