Patent specialist

VAST Data is looking for a Patent specialist to join our growing team!

"VAST's data management vision is the future of the market."- Forbes

VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.

Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.

Responsibilities:

Manage and develop the patent portfolio
Work closely with R&D, educating engineers, collaborating with the engineers to spot inventions, and to evaluate innovations eligible for patent
Draft the technical description of the patent applications, while eliminating inventors’ burden with respect to providing written description
maintaining a patent DB accessible to employees
providing patent reports and IP opinion upon requests
Coordinate with outside counsel

Requirements:

Computer science/ software background – Must
Experience in software patents, mainly in the USPTO
Strong writing skills, and sharp analytical ability
Ability to operate with significant independence
Prior experience as in-house patent attorney/ specialist - Advantage
Prior experience in drafting and prosecuting patents - Advantage
Familiar with data storage - Advantage