Patent Specialist
Hiring: USPTO-registered patent attorney or agent for an AI and computational biology portfolio (contract, remote) Longevity InTime LLC builds autonomous AI systems for longevity research. We need a USPTO-registered patent attorney or agent for our US and PCT work. This is a contract engagement and fully remote. Location is flexible as long as you're registered with the USPTO. The applicant on our filings is domiciled outside the US, so since July 20, 2026, our USPTO papers have to be signed by a registered practitioner. What the work involves PCT program. We have 29 US provisional applications filed between March and May 2026. Twenty-seven are standalone and two were drafted as the basis for consolidated (mega) PCT applications. The first PCT deadline is in March 2027. We need a filing strategy covering grouping and unity of invention, the choice of applicant and receiving office, Section 101 exposure and a phased budget. Then we need it carried out. US prosecution. A pending US application with a 2020 priority date is under a Section 101 rejection, and the next deadline is about two months away. PTAB ex parte appeal experience helps here. The subject matter is multi-agent AI architecture, closed-loop research systems, computational drug discovery and computational biology. These are software and systems claims in a life sciences setting, so Section 101 under Alice is central to the job. What we're looking for Active USPTO registration in good standing Prosecution experience in software, AI or computational biology A track record on Section 101 rejections, including recent Federal Circuit treatment of machine learning claims PCT filings for non-US applicants, including applicant structure, receiving office choice and coordination with home-country counsel PTAB ex parte appeals, or a clear plan for resourcing one Willingness to tell a founder his grouping plan is wrong How to apply Send your registration number, a short note on comparable portfolios and your rates to [email protected]. Shortlisted candidates get a portfolio summary after a conflicts check and send back a short written view of our PCT plan, two to three pages, within a week. Paid work starts with the candidate we select, and the first items are time-sensitive. Most of the portfolio is unpublished, so anything beyond this description is shared after the conflicts check. Oleg Teterin Founder and CEO, Longevity InTime LLC