Patent Attorney

Key Skills

Intellectual Property Law, Machine learning techniques, Patent and Trademark Law, Patent Prosecution, Signal processing

Job Description

About the job

TI’s legal department is searching for an experienced Patent Attorney who has electrical engineering knowledge and experience with semiconductor manufacturing or processor architecture to join our legal team in Dallas, Texas.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Solicit disclosures of inventions and assist inventors in filing timely and accurate disclosures
• Determine patent application filing priorities
• Provide leadership to technical disclosure selection processes
• Write and prosecute US and non-US patent applications
• Analyze issued patents
• Provide counsel to business groups on intellectual property matters
• Protect TI intellectual property worldwide
• Assure TI realizes maximum return on TI’s intellectual property investment

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• A law degree is required
• 4+ years’ patent prosecution experience
• Must be registered as a patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Must be admitted in good standing with a state legal bar
• Patent application and prosecution experience is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience as an engineer/scientist in a technical role
• Experience and familiarity with processor architectures, digital signal processing, machine learning, digital communications, or integrated circuit design is desired

Why TI?

Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.

We’re different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI

Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us.

About Texas Instruments

As a global semiconductor company, we design, manufacture, test and sell analog and embedded processing chips to nearly 100,000 customers. Our products enable electronics everywhere and in things you experience every day – from health care, smart homes and connected cars to drones, smart phones and more. Our passion to create a better and more sustainable world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors drives us to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable.

Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.