Barnes & Thornburg
IP Docket Specialist
Raleigh +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Raleigh
Indianapolis - Experience
- Minimum five years’ IP Docketing experience.
- Education
- High School Diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
About the job
Dockets domestic and foreign patent prosecution correspondence and deadlines, maintains the IP docket database, and prepares reports for attorneys and staff.
What you'll do
- Review and docket incoming USPTO, foreign-agent, and client correspondence; add and clear deadlines in the docket system.
- Maintain the CPi database and its matter, client, inventor, and associate information; add new matters and review newly filed applications.
- Compile reports, follow up on loss-of-rights dates, and assist with training and second-eye reviews.
What they ask for
- Minimum five years’ IP docketing experience.
- Advanced understanding of patent prosecution and related correspondence and deadlines.
- High School Diploma.
- Proficient computer and database skills, including Word, Excel, iManage and Computer Packages, Inc. (CPI).
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree.
Tools
CPi, Word, Excel, iManage, Computer Packages, Inc. (CPI), PAIR
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