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Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.
What you'll do...
Join the Intellectual Property team to support Walmart’s global patent portfolio by maintaining dockets, monitoring deadlines, and ensuring compliance with US and foreign formality requirements. Collaborate with and assist patent attorneys, patent professionals, inventors, and the business segments with patent-related questions and generate dashboards and reports to track internal patent statistics using Anaqua.
You’ll make an impact by…
- Supporting a global patent portfolio by applying expert knowledge and understanding of US and foreign patent prosecution practices and patent formalities
- Coordinating, supporting, and supervising outside counsel during all stages of patent prosecution and patent opinion work, including managing deadlines and facilitating the signing and filing of documents
- Managing and maintaining an internal patent database, ensuring data quality, and generating dashboards and reports to track relevant patent statistics and metrics
- Establishing and maintaining internal best practices and procedures to support the company’s patent program, including keeping and updating process documents and outside counsel guidelines
- Assisting patent attorneys and patent professionals on all matters related to the patent program
- Coordinating internal patent team meetings and patent committee meetings
- Responding to routine inventor and business inquiries related to patent status and patent metrics
You’ll sweep us off our feet if…
- You have experience as a paralegal in the patent practice area
- You have experience with Anaqua or a similar IP management system
- You have a demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and manage multiple deadlines
- You have familiarity with managing large dockets
- You prioritize attention to detail
- You are process-minded and look for opportunities to streamline for improved efficiency and effectiveness.
- A nationally recognized paralegal certification or an ABA-accredited paralegal degree AND 2 years experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart’s job description
- OR 3 years experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart’s job description OR a juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Why Join Us?
Welcome to Walmart – not just a workplace but a vibrant community dedicated to your personal growth and our collective successes. Your journey here is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of a culture that values progress, teamwork, and finding solutions together. Ready to make a meaningful impact? The opportunity is yours for the taking!
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