Intellectual Property Expert

Mercor is seeking senior intellectual property professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in patent prosecution, licensing, and IP enforcement contexts.

Pay

Firm hourly pay: $90-$100 per hour

Location

Remote

Eligibility

Remote; check the U.S. location wording

Qualification difficulty

Selective

What this role involves

Mercor is seeking senior intellectual property professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in patent prosecution, licensing, and IP enforcement contexts. The workflows are calibrated to the technical complexity, commercial stakes, and procedural scope of major patent portfolios, licensing programs, and IP litigation. This role builds worlds on two tracks: a US track (35 U.S.C., MPEP, USPTO procedure) and an International track (European Patent Convention, PCT, WIPO treaties).

Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply. Contributors design IP scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics that capture how senior IP counsel think.

Key Responsibilities

Construct IP scenarios spanning patent prosecution and portfolio strategy, trademark and copyright disputes, and complex licensing or technology transfer processes. Build tasks across patent prosecution, IP litigation and enforcement, trademark and copyright practice, licensing and technology transfer, and freedom-to-operate analysis.

Develop scenarios involving tools such as patent search platforms (PatSnap, Innography, USPTO PatFT), IP docketing and portfolio management systems (Anaqua, CPA Global), and claim-charting tools used across major IP practices.

Apply IP methodologies (patentability analysis, claim construction, freedom-to-operate review) to the standards track a world targets (US: 35 U.S.C., MPEP, Federal Circuit precedent; International: EPC, PCT, WIPO treaties), and produce reference patent applications, office action responses, licensing agreements, and litigation memoranda. Author rubrics that distinguish authentic IP judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Ideal Qualifications

5+ years working as an IP attorney or patent agent at a major IP firm or corporate IP department (Fish & Richardson, Finnegan, Wilson Sonsini, or in-house IP counsel at a technology or pharmaceutical company). Direct ownership of patent prosecution portfolios, licensing negotiations, or IP litigation matters. Fluency in IP tooling and methodologies, plus understanding of how USPTO/EPO procedure and international treaty systems actually work.

A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred (JD with bar admission and USPTO patent bar registration, or an international equivalent such as European Patent Attorney); a technical/STEM background plus prior rubric or training authorship is a plus.