Applicants will be a Ph.D. student or graduate for full-time or part-time employment for a position as a “Technical Advisor” in the areas of computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, controls engineering, or physics to assist in procuring patents. No prior experience in patent law is required. Over time, Darrow Mustafa will train the candidate to be a patent agent. The position will involve assisting patent attorneys in (1) writing patent applications on new technologies, (2) responding to arguments from The United States Patent and Trademark Office relating to whether the technology sought to be patented is new and non-obvious over already known public domain technologies, and (3) determining whether an invention is new and non-obvious by conducting searches of public domain technologies. The candidate must be an excellent writer as the position involves substantial writing. The candidate will have a broad understanding of electrical, computer, and/or optics scientific concepts. Darrow Mustafa does a lot of work in the areas of automotive, computer software, and medical devices. Interested candidates should email their resume and transcripts showing courses of study to careers@darrowmustafa.com