Your New Role and Team
Sanctuary AI, a world leader in building dexterity-driven Physical AI for
general purpose robots, is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Patent Agent
Trainee Trainee to join our In-house IP Team team. The Patent Agent Trainee is a
crucial part of our team, supporting intellectual property protection. Reporting
to the SVP of Intellectual Property, you’ll contribute to the overall efficiency
and effectiveness of our growing organization.
As a Sanctuary AI Patent Agent Trainee, you'll be a valued part of the team as
you support the continued improvement in our In-house IP Team function, own the
coordination of team project deliverables, and innovate best practices that
drive continuous improvements in our intellectual property protection. You will
also gain valuable experience that can make you eligible to write the Canadian
Patent Agent Qualifying Exams and become a registered patent agent in Canada.
We will prioritize candidates who can work onsite in Vancouver; however, we are
open to remote candidates.
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Success Criteria
- The Sanctuary In-house IP Team strives to be self-sufficient. We do our own
drafting, we do our own North American and PCT filings, and we only rely on
external associates for foreign matters. As part of this team, your
responsibilities will include the following:
Invention Mining
- Act as the IP Team's eyes and ears on the ground in Sanctuary’s fast-paced
technology development environment to keep up to date with all technical
accomplishments.
- Report back to the IP Team to collaboratively identify strategic patenting
opportunities.
Patent Preparation
- Develop and hone your patent drafting skills under the tutelage of
experienced patent practitioners. You’ll always have at least one patent
draft on the go (and 20 on deck), targeting a cadence of ≥1 new draft per
month. Subject matter will span all aspects of Sanctuary technology including
hardware (mechanical, electrical, etc.), software (controls, algorithms,
etc.) and applications. If you want to become a Canadian patent agent, this
is the key experience you need!
- Prepare invention disclosure materials for overflow drafting contractors and
review and approve their work product.
Patent Prosecution
- With the support of the IP Team, pick up prosecution on the existing
portfolio and prosecute your own drafts through to issuance over time. Handle
everything from Missing Parts to PTAB appeals.
Patent Docket Management
- Share the burden of diligent docket management, including data entry as well
as all document collection & recordation.
Your Experience
Qualifications
- A technical post-secondary degree in science or engineering, ideally directed
towards physics, mechanical/electrical engineering, mechatronics, or
computers/software.
- A genuine drive to become a registered patent agent in Canada and motivated
to quickly excel at patent drafting.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Quick to understand new concepts in familiar and in unfamiliar technology
domains.
Traits
- Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do
whatever it takes to create robust solutions to mission objectives.
- Successful candidates will be a proponent of personal responsibility for
themselves and their teammates.
- Empathetic listener with conflict resolution capabilities.
- Consistent bias for action, communication, and interpersonal savvy.
- Self-motivated and able to solve problems independently.
- Great communicator - able to clearly articulate and balance needs of
stakeholders.
- Mission driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to
machines.
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Working at Sanctuary AI
Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is
governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be
influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national
origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation,
gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other
legally protected status. In 2023, Sanctuary AI moved into a state-of-the-art
office facility and has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Startup company.
Compensation and Benefits
Sanctuary offers a market-leading compensation package that includes competitive
salaries, equity stakes, and a full suite of benefits for permanent employees,
encompassing health coverage, paid time off, cutting-edge work facilities, and
worksite flexibility by role. Our commitment to fairness ensures that our total
compensation consistently surpasses market standards.
About Sanctuary AI
Founded in 2018, Sanctuary builds humanoid robots and a novel control system for
them that integrates symbolic logic and reasoning with data-driven robot
foundation models. We use our robots to collect vision, audio, touch, and
proprioception data from the perspective of the robot while they perform
real-world work tasks. We use that data to train multimodal robot foundation
models. Because our systems are vertically integrated, we can design, deploy,
and refine at scale. Our mission is to create the world's first human-like
intelligence in general-purpose robots.
Recruiting and Employment Agency Notice:
Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary AI. We are not
seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this
time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides
an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate
through the Sanctuary AI career site or directly to any Sanctuary AI employee,
irrevocably grants to Sanctuary AI the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or
contract with that candidate at Sanctuary AI's sole discretion without any
compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and
should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external
firms directly.
