Legal and Product Engineer (USPTO Examiner Background)

The role

You will bring USPTO examiner experience to product discussions to shape how Solve builds for the examiner side of the patent process. You will support the company's push into working with global patent offices and help onboard examiner users.

What you will do

• Bringing firsthand USPTO examiner experience into product discussions
• Supporting Solve's push into working directly with global patent offices
• Helping onboard and support examiner users
• Partnering closely with Solve's existing patent attorneys

Required qualifications

• Registered US patent attorney or patent agent
• Technical degree in a field like computer science or electrical engineering
• Former USPTO patent examiner, having examined applications for at least 1 to 2 years
• Currently working in private practice or in-house, not a currently active examiner and not someone who has returned to government work
• 3 to 5+ years of total experience across USPTO examining and private practice combined
• Comfortable and confident in customer-facing settings

Nice to have

• Examining background in software, AI, or electrical art units
• Comfort using AI tools as part of daily workflow
• Drafting or prosecution experience in software or AI-adjacent technologies
• Time at a well-regarded firm

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Significant equity
• Full visa sponsorship
• Private medical insurance
• Free meals

About the company

Solve Intelligence is a startup transforming the IP landscape with an AI platform that manages invention harvesting, patent generation, litigation, and licensing.