Fletcher YoderFletcher Yoder is a growing law firm specializing in intellectual property matters. The firm seeks candidates with degrees in engineering or natural sciences for full-time technical advisor and patent agent positions. Members of our firm play key roles in protecting cutting edge intellectual property in a variety of technical fields.
Patent agents and technical advisors at Fletcher Yoder are involved in all phases of patent procurement, including drafting U.S. and international patent applications, responding to Office Actions from the USPTO and foreign patent offices, and advising clients on patent strategy. This involves working directly with inventors, the firm’s patent attorneys and agents, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our current clientele primarily includes Fortune 500 companies, including some of the top companies for consumer electronics, hardware, and software in the world. Our clients are active in a wide array of fields, including electronic and semiconductor devices, chemical processes, consumer goods, computers, HVAC and building management systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, natural resource exploration, extraction, and processing equipment, network communications, theme park rides and features, turbomachinery, industrial controls and automation, medical devices, genetic sequencing and analysis, and imaging systems.
Technical advisors and patent agents at Fletcher Yoder receive substantial hands-on training and are provided with significant opportunities for advancement. No legal experience is required. Further, Fletcher Yoder offers a program to accommodate patent agents and technical advisors that wish to pursue a law degree while continuing to work.
At Fletcher Yoder, patent agents and technical advisors engage with firm attorneys, as well as client inventors and attorneys, on a daily basis. The firm’s culture focuses on enabling patent agents and technical advisors to take charge of their personal and professional growth, while providing opportunities for voluntary contribution of each individual to the collective goal and vision of the firm. We provide all patent agents and technical advisors with proper mentorship and excellent tools to help them make progress in their unique personal and professional goals.
Fletcher Yoder takes great pride in cultivating top-flight technical advisors and patent agents. The firm offers a comprehensive training program for technical advisors and patent agents. In addition, technical advisors and patent agent work directly with shareholders and senior attorneys in order to accelerate training and maximize efficiency. Because the firm believes that the ability to communicate with clients and to address their concerns is of the utmost importance, technical advisors and patent agents begin working directly with clients at the earliest opportunity.
The firm offers a wide variety of legal research resources, and technical advisors and patent agents remain up to date on the most recent legal developments by participating in our in-house CLE luncheons. Technical advisors and patent agents are also challenged by a wide variety of technologies and legal issues in order to develop a diversified and well-balanced knowledge base.
Fletcher Yoder has developed a series of training modules designed to guide first year technical advisors and patent agents through a variety of topics relating to the practice of intellectual property law. We believe these internally-developed modules accelerate the learning process and more quickly develop the skills necessary to benefit our clients.
Fletcher Yoder has a strong team culture and a mentor program that is designed to integrate new employees into the Fletcher Yoder team. First year Patent Agents and Technical Advisors, as well as lateral technical advisors and patent agents, are each assigned a mentor. Generally, the mentor is a shareholder or a senior attorney or patent agent with significant supervisory experience. The mentors support new team members as they begin their careers with Fletcher Yoder. We believe this mentor program benefits our new technical advisors and patent agents by providing them with the skill sets and relationships necessary to further their careers.
The following is a summary of benefits offered to technical advisors and patent agents: