Intern or Trainee Patent Scientist

San Diego: In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid

No legal experience required. 

We are seeking to engage with a graduate student or post-doc with academic and technical experience in the fields of artificial intelligence, bioengineering, software engineering, computer vision, bioinformatics, computer science, or data science. Having experience at the intersection of AI and those disciplines is a big plus factor. 

Upon entering the field of Intellectual Property, you will learn how to master the languages of law, business, and science, while interacting with C-Suites and Boards of Directors related to their most important decisions.

The world of Intellectual Property law allows you to interact with the world’s best technical minds. Use your academic and practical skills to protect and advance lifesaving innovations internationally.

Begin on the path of a lucrative career by helping innovators – from solo entrepreneurs and physician entrepreneurs, major universities and private research institutes, and multinational companies, to multi-billion- dollar market cap conglomerates – translate their technologies from concept to marketed products.

Impact technology development at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, and Diagnostics by applying your exceptional knowledge within the practice of law.

Torrey Pines Law Group, a prominent boutique law firm having clients throughout the world, seeks a motivated individual to become a member of our fast-moving practice. Learn how intellectual property law intersects with FDA Regulatory considerations and international technology transactions. Learn how to identify inventions and draft patent applications. Our highly experienced colleagues will mentor you one-on-one so that your experience will be deep and enriching. This will undoubtedly provide you a solid foundation in any innovative capacity.

For additional information, please contact us at careers@torreypineslaw.com. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Biotechnology Patent Attorney or Agent

San Diego: In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid

We are seeking a biotechnology patent attorney or patent agent to engage with our early- to mid-stage biotechnology, bioinformatics, biopharmaceutical, and diagnostics clients. The position requires 5 to 8 years of experience and registration to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Primary responsibilities of the position include:

• Directly engaging with and coordinating invention disclosures with our clients
• Drafting life sciences patent applications
• Prosecuting US patent applications
• Overseeing prosecution of foreign patent applications
• Conducting patentability, landscape, freedom-to-operate, validity and infringement analyses, and
• Supporting IP due diligence in investments, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations, and international licenses.

Qualified candidates should at a minimum have an undergraduate degree in the life sciences (molecular biology, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, immunology, etc.). Advanced degrees are preferred. You will become part of a highly experienced and entrepreneurial team working with experts in convergent technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence (AI) and medical devices), as well as FDA regulatory advisors and technology transactions lawyers.

We offer a percentage-based compensation plan that generously rewards hard-working practitioners while providing flexibility to maintain a reasonable work/life balance. Our firm is diverse, inclusive, entrepreneurial and family-oriented, and our dedicated paralegals and administrative support team are best-in-class. Our San Diego offices are in Carmel Valley, and we support in-office, remote, and hybrid working arrangements.

If you are interested, please send your resume and a writing sample by email to careers@torreypineslaw.com.