Senior Paralegal, Patents

What you'll doJoin the Intellectual Property team to support Walmart’s global patent portfolio by maintaining dockets, monitoring deadlines, and ensuring compliance with US and foreign formality requirements.  Collaborate with and assist patent attorneys, patent professionals, inventors, and the business segments with patent-related questions and generate dashboards and reports to track internal patent statistics using Anaqua.  You’ll make an impact by…  Supporting a global patent portfolio by applying expert knowledge and understanding of US and foreign patent prosecution practices and patent formalitiesCoordinating, supporting, and supervising outside counsel during all stages of patent prosecution and patent opinion work, including managing deadlines and facilitating the signing and filing of documentsManaging and maintaining an internal patent database, ensuring data quality, and generating dashboards and reports to track relevant patent statistics and metricsEstablishing and maintaining internal best practices and procedures to support the company’s patent program, including keeping and updating process documents and outside counsel guidelinesAssisting patent attorneys and patent professionals on all matters related to the patent programCoordinating internal patent team meetings and patent committee meetingsResponding to routine inventor and business inquiries related to patent status and patent metrics You’ll sweep us off our feet if…  You have experience as a paralegal in the patent practice areaYou have experience with Anaqua or a similar IP management systemYou have a demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and manage multiple deadlinesYou have familiarity with managing large docketsYou prioritize attention to detailYou are process-minded and look for opportunities to streamline for improved efficiency and effectiveness.