Join the USPTO Records Program Office, Public Records Division, Assignment Recordation Branch as a Legal Instrument Examiner. In this role, you will review, process, and record legal documents related to patent and trademark ownership, helping ensure documents meet recordation requirements and that USPTO official records remain accurate and complete.
The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year. As a Legal Instrument Examiner, the individual selected for this position will be... Conducting a detailed examination of the cover sheet for the request and supporting legal documents to ensure that information is complete, recordation requirements have been met, and correct fees have been paid. Based on this analysis, determines whether documents are recordable in comparison with specific criteria in the manuals governing patent and trademark examination which are based in law and regulation. Examining and updating fee information in PTO automated systems to ensure payment of statutory fees. Verifing and calculating fees to ensure that amounts are correct, charges fee to customer's deposit account or credit card, generates a non-recordation notice when problems are encountered, and processes payments for any additional fees that are imposed. Determining when a refund is necessary and processes refunds as authorized. Responding to customer inquiries from applicants and/or their attorneys regarding procedures for filing documents, making corrections, forms required, pertinent rules and regulations, processing procedures, and guidance in navigating through the online system. Explaining rules, regulations, and requirements as needed and describes discrepancies which may occur in a wide variety of documents.
As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp for more information. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education. Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration. NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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