Legal Career Center

Manages the day-to-day administration operations for intellectual property protection activities for department. Oversees IP management database and calendar of activities to ensure accurate and timely patent application processes. Engages and coordinates with staff and faculty to ensure effective and efficient administration of patent application process and Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) meetings correspondence.

1. Manages intellectual property protection administration activities for OTTI.
2. Works with OTTI staff and outside counsel to obtain intellectual property protection as necessary.
3. Serves as UH point-of-contact on IP matters and manages IP communications.
4. Maintains internal IP database.
5. Captures appropriate data for patent/licensing/case management databases and/or logs.
6. Tracks IP protection deadlines and communicates deadlines to OTTI staff.
7. Prepares and processes correspondence, forms and legal documents for IP protection.
8. Works with inventors/authors/contributors to collect assignments, appointment of agents, declarations, information disclosure statements, powers of attorney and other forms required for IP protection.
9. Maintains compliance records to ensure timely and accurate reporting required by state and federal agencies for research funding supporting generation of intellectual property.
10. Maintains accurate financial records; coordinating invoices from attorneys, internal databases, reimbursements and payments from licensees, and ensuring external payments with UH DOR Business Operations.
11. Maintains all internal record keeping related to IP matters for OTTI. Works with OTTI staff and external parties to coordinate IP management for jointly owned IP.
12. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

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