IP Program Manager — Autheo | Patent Operations, Invention Pipeline & Portfolio

Shape the Future of Blockchain—Bringing Business On-Chain

We’re offering a unique opportunity to join Launch Legends (and Autheo) as a part-time Equity Cofounder. Founded in July 2021, Launch Legends is at the forefront of bridging Web3 blockchain technology with the next evolution of Web2 integration—bringing businesses on-chain through enterprise-grade solutions, DePIN innovations, and decentralized financial infrastructure.

Our flagship project, Autheo, is an AI-enabled Layer-0 Operating System with an integrated Layer-1 blockchain and complete decentralized infrastructure that includes decentralized compute, storage, identity, and service marketplaces, as well as a full-stack development environment (DevHub)—engineered for scalable enterprise adoption, developer innovation, and real-world blockchain integration.

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About Autheo

With nearly 100 equity cofounders from leading companies and institutions—many with advanced degrees and PhDs—Autheo is solving the critical challenges blocking business adoption of blockchain technology.

Autheo’s Layer-1 network, staking and fee model, and DevHub builder environment are being built and strengthened, alongside sovereign identity (TheoID), decentralized compute and persistent storage through the Autheo Marketplace, AI inference (THEO AI), and post-quantum cryptography.

Key Features

• Layer-0 OS + Layer-1 — Sovereign Cosmos-based coordination layer with an EVM-compatible execution environment, IBC interoperability, and Proof of Autheo consensus.
• Eigensphere Engine — Multi-language runtime. Rust is a first-class path for execution, cryptography, and developer tooling, alongside Go, Solidity, Move, Vyper, and C.
• DevHub & full-stack SDKs — One workspace for frontend, backend, smart contracts, and orchestration.
• TheoID — Sovereign identity for people, services, and AI agents, with a post-quantum roadmap (NIST-standardized ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA).
• Autheo Marketplace — Decentralized compute, storage, and service markets built into the Autheo network.
• THEO AI — Inference and agent orchestration as a native primitive, not a third-party bolt-on.
• DePIN infrastructure — On-chain networks for real-world infrastructure ownership and resource sharing.

Audits & Organization

• Audits: Halborn (testnet and validator node platform), CertiK (Layer-1 chain and smart contracts), Adevar Labs (Base to Autheo bridge).
• Token: THEO, the native utility coin of the Autheo network.
• Organization: Launch Legends Inc., a Wyoming corporation, parent of Autheo LLC. Stewarded in part by the Autheo Foundation. 100+ equity cofounders across 25+ countries.

Compensation & Growth Path

This is a part-time equity / token-based cofounder opportunity. You will receive equity in Launch Legends, Autheo, and the WFO Creator Network, along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain. We have already completed an initial financing round to support infrastructure and marketing, and are currently in discussions with VCs and crypto investors to fund expansion. There is no cash salary for this role, and the commitment is at least 20 hours per week.

ROLE: IP Program Manager — Autheo Internet Operating System | Patent Operations, Invention Pipeline & Portfolio Job code: LA392

About the Role

This role reports to the Managing Directors and works day to day with the IP Patent Attorney and the IP Patent Paralegal.

Autheo is recruiting an IP Program Manager to run patent operations and the invention pipeline for the Layer-0 Operating System and the integrated Layer-1: protocol and cryptography work, DevHub, TheoID and its post-quantum roadmap (NIST ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA), the Autheo Marketplace, THEO AI, DePIN, and related software.

The attorney owns claim strategy, drafting, and prosecution. The paralegal owns docketing formalities and filing packages. You own the operating system around them: invention harvesting and intake, the pipeline from disclosure to filing, deadline visibility, workflows between inventors and counsel, and the portfolio metrics the Managing Directors can actually use.

This is a patent-operations seat. We want someone who has run a docket, an invention-disclosure program, or an IP-operations function — the same kind of work done in a law firm’s IP operations group, a corporate IP department, or a university technology-transfer office.

Part-time does not mean advisory. Equity cofounder means you own the pipeline and the operating cadence, and you work next to the attorney, the paralegal, and inventors rather than above them.

1. Invention harvesting and intake

• Facilitate invention-harvesting meetings with engineers, researchers, and founders across Autheo’s technical surfaces (protocol, cryptography, identity, compute and storage, AI, DevHub, and DePIN).
• Stand up and run the invention-disclosure process: intake forms, completeness checks, inventor follow-up, and a clear handoff to the attorney.
• Keep a regular harvesting cadence so new work is captured while it is still fresh.

2. Patent operations pipeline and deadlines

• Own the patent operations pipeline: timelines, status, owners, and the path from disclosure to provisional, conversion, office action, PCT, and national phase.
• Make sure statutory and internal deadlines are visible early enough for the attorney, paralegal, and inventors to act. The paralegal maintains the docket; you make sure the pipeline as a whole stays on time.
• Oversee document workflows, versioning, templates, and IP procedures so filings go out complete and consistent.

3. Portfolio visibility and reporting

• Build and maintain portfolio dashboards and KPIs the attorney and Managing Directors can use: what’s disclosed, what’s filed, what’s due, and what’s stuck.
• Track quality and completeness of intake and filing packages, and close the gaps with the paralegal and inventors.
• Keep a single, current view of the portfolio so leadership is not working from scattered spreadsheets.

4. Working with the attorney, paralegal, and inventors

• Coordinate workflow among the IP Patent Attorney, the IP Patent Paralegal, inventors, engineering leads, and, where used, outside counsel.
• Set clear handoffs: what the inventor provides, what the program manager prepares, what the paralegal files, and what the attorney decides.
• When outside counsel or a patent illustrator is used, manage the operational relationship so scope, dates, and deliverables stay clear.

Required

• 5+ years running patent or IP operations, or an invention-disclosure program, at a law firm, a corporate IP department, or a university technology-transfer office. Name the program you ran and your part in it.
• Hands-on experience with an IP management or docketing system (for example Anaqua, CPA, Clarivate, or an equivalent) — not only familiarity from the sidelines.
• Working knowledge of USPTO and PCT process enough to track provisionals, office actions, PCT filings, national phases, and related formalities, and to keep counsel and inventors on schedule.
• Experience coordinating attorneys, paralegals, and inventors (or the equivalent in a technology-transfer office) through a multi-matter pipeline with hard statutory deadlines.
• Comfortable working with highly technical engineering and research teams in a distributed cofounder environment.
• This seat calls for a patent-operations career. Strong general program or project management is welcome when it comes with that IP-operations background; general program management on its own is not what this role needs.

Preferred

• Direct experience supporting a high-velocity or multi-jurisdiction patent portfolio, including foreign-filing coordination.
• Experience standing up or migrating an IP management system, an invention-disclosure portal, or a portfolio-reporting dashboard.
• Background in software, cryptography, blockchain, distributed systems, or AI, which helps in harvesting conversations with inventors.
• Patent paralegal, patent agent, or technology-transfer (for example RTTP) experience already used to run operations.
• Prior work in a startup, high-growth, or equity-based environment.

First 90 Days

• A written map of Autheo’s current invention and filing pipeline: what’s disclosed, what’s filed, what’s due, and what’s missing, agreed with the attorney, the paralegal, and the Managing Directors.
• An invention-intake and harvesting cadence in use across priority technical surfaces, with standardized forms and a clear handoff to the attorney.
• A working portfolio dashboard (deadlines, status, owners, and basic KPIs) that the attorney and Managing Directors can review on a regular cadence.
• Documented handoff and communication protocols among the IP Patent Attorney, the IP Patent Paralegal, inventors, and, where used, outside counsel.

About Our Organization

Autheo is building a Layer-0 Operating System and an integrated Layer-1 so identity, compute, storage, developer tooling, and AI sit on one network instead of a pile of bridges. The work now is product and protocol: making that network faster, safer, and ready for the builders and businesses that will run on it.

🌐 🚀 WHY JOIN LAUNCH LEGENDS?

• Build the core, not a side project. Protocol, DevHub, TheoID, and the Marketplace are being built and strengthened now, and your work goes straight into them.
• The IP Program Manager seat owns patent operations and the invention pipeline: harvesting, intake, deadlines, and portfolio visibility, working with the IP Patent Attorney and IP Patent Paralegal.
• Equity in Launch Legends and Autheo , plus a THEO token allocation.
• 100+ equity cofounders across 25+ countries . Remote. Direct line to the engineering leads and the Managing Directors.