Patent Attorney Expert
We're hiring patent attorneys as contractors to author and grade the patent prosecution scenarios those evaluations run on.
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
About the role
No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
Why Apply
- $95 to $140/hr, paid weekly via Stripe.
- 100% remote and fully async.
- Shape how frontier models reason about patent law.
- Ongoing project work with hours you set each week.
Responsibilities
- 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, legal 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 legal soundness.
- Flag drafting that reads plausible but would fail at the USPTO.
Required skills
- Depth in claim drafting, office action responses, and prior art analysis.
Preferred skills
- Technical degree in engineering or the sciences.
- Experience across multiple technology areas.
- PTAB proceedings or patent litigation experience.
Experience and education
- Licensed attorneys admitted to a state bar and registered to practice before the USPTO.
- Practitioners with at least 2 years of patent prosecution or patent litigation experience.
- Attorneys with depth in claim drafting, office action responses, and prior art analysis.
- Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a prosecution decision.
- Licensed attorney admitted to a state bar and registered to practice before the USPTO.
- 2+ years of patent prosecution or patent litigation experience.
Language requirements
- Clear written English for documenting legal and technical reasoning.
Assessment requirements
Apply at /apply/patent-attorney-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.
Schedule details
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
Time Commitment: 10 hours/week.
Start Date: ASAP.
End Date: Ongoing.
Eligibility
Work arrangement: Fully remote
Compensation details
- $95 - $140/hr.
- $95 to $140/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
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