No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.

Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.

Why Apply

• $90 to $125/hr, paid weekly via Stripe.
• 100% remote and fully async.
• Shape how frontier models reason about patent prosecution.
• Ongoing project work with hours you set each week.

• Author realistic patent scenarios, from prior art analysis through claim drafting and office action responses.
• Write reference answers with the legal and technical reasoning behind each decision.
• Grade model output for claim quality, procedural soundness, and technical accuracy.
• Flag drafting that reads plausible but would fail at the USPTO.
• Author realistic patent prosecution scenarios from prior art analysis through claim drafting.
• Write reference answers with the legal and technical reasoning behind each decision.
• Grade model output for claim quality and technical accuracy.
• Flag drafting that reads plausible but would fail at the USPTO.

• Patent agents registered to practice before the USPTO.
• Practitioners with at least 2 years of patent prosecution experience.
• Agents with depth in claim drafting, office action responses, and prior art analysis.
• Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a prosecution decision.
• USPTO registration as a patent agent or patent attorney.
• 2+ years of patent prosecution experience.

Apply at /apply/patent-agent-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.

Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.

Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.

Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.

Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.

Work arrangement: Fully remote

• $90 - $125/hr.
• $90 to $125/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.