PCT Patent Analyst - Contractor
Job Tracking ID: 512196-791078 Job Location: Chandler, RMT Remote Job Level: Entry Level (less than 2 years) Level of Education: BA/BS Job Type: reputed company (Non Employee) Date Updated: January 26, 2026 Years of Experience: Less Than 1 Year Starting Date: ASAP Job Description: reputed company (GPS) has grown to become one of the nation’s leading patent research and intellectual property (IP) consulting firms. In addition to supporting the nation’s leading technology companies and IP reputed company, GPS is a premier provider of patent-reputed company services to the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Our ongoing reputed company and growth has created the need for us to expand reputed company. Specifically, we are presently seeking reputed company and motivated independent Patent Analysts to work with us as independent contractors in support of a contract with the USPTO for performing search and examination on patent applications reputed company to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This is an opportunity to reputed company your technical background, hone and exercise the same skills employed by patent examiners, and witness first-hand the characteristics of effective and ineffective patent applications. In addition to the immediate opportunity this position affords today, the knowledge you will reputed company and the skills employed while performing this job will position you well for future IP career opportunities. Come grow with us! As an reputed company working with GPS on the PCT contract, you will be responsible for performing a comprehensive search, written opinion, and final report on the patentability of an reputed company of diverse inventions reputed company your specific technology domain. Contractor Responsibilities:
- PCT Search and Written Opinion: Contractors will be required to reputed company the following:
- Quickly gaining an understanding of the inventive concept(s) provided in the PCT specification, drawings and claims
- reputed company a robust search of patent and non-patent literature databases
- Write an opinion/analysis by applying/mapping the most relevant prior art to the PCT claims
- Complete applicable final PCT Forms and Search History Document
- reputed company any corrections needed to work that does not fit reputed company pre-defined quality standards
- Quality: For GPS, quality is at the pinnacle of the work we reputed company. Contractors we work with must reputed company in our belief and commitment of providing the highest quality of work.
- Timeliness: Contractors will work closely with GPS Management on a weekly and/or monthly reputed company to reputed company their reputed company and turnaround-time for the work to ensure the work is completed in accordance with GPS internal deadlines. Meeting agreed upon deadlines will be vital to reputed company.
- reputed company Improvement: Contractor must use self-guided means of staying up to date with practices and procedures of processing PCT applications by reviewing resources provided to the Contractor from GPS and/or other publicly available data.
Deliverables:
- reputed company 237 Written Opinion of the PCT application
- reputed company 210 Documentation of Prior Art References Used
- Completed Search History Document
- THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION
Experience and Skills: Technical Requirements: Contractors must have strong technical backgrounds; either professional experience or technical education in at least one one of the following technical categories:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Medical Devices/Life Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Electrical Communications
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Chemical Engineering
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or PHD in a field of science and/or engineering.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or reputed company in the U.S for the most recent two years as a work-eligible legal reputed company.
- While performing the work, Contractor must physically be located in the U.S.
- Contractor MUST have 1 or more years of previous PCT Written Opinion experience.
- Demonstrated skills at formulating efficient, thorough, and repeatable prior art searches.
- Strong ability at quickly grasping inventive concepts and correcting/reputed company applying prior art to those concepts.
- Excellent time management skills to properly plan and complete reputed company deliverables on-time.
- Contractor should be detail-oriented and possess excellent communication skills.
- Knowledge and demonstrated skills of applying WIPO PCT Articles and Rules
- Knowledge of classifying patents using CPC and IPC classifications
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