Craig Wilson and Company Inc. is currently seeking:

1) A Canadian Patent Agent

We currently are looking for a Patent Agent with 5 or less years of experience who is the right fit for our team.

The Patent Agent will have graduated with bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Physics.

The Patent Agent preferably is highly motivated, ambitious, enthusiastic and passionate about learning.  The Patent Agent preferably has a good command of the English language.

If you believe you might be a good fit with our patent firm, please send your resume to the attention of Craig Wilson at the email address of craig@patents.webnixon.ca.

 

2) A Canadian Patent Agent Trainee

We currently have an opening for a Patent Agent Trainee who is the right fit for our team.

The successful candidate will have graduated with bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Physics.

Consideration will be given to new graduates or Patent Agent Trainees who have passed one or more of the Canadian Patent Agent’s qualifying examinations.

The successful candidate preferably is highly motivated, ambitious, enthusiastic and passionate about learning.  The successful candidate preferably has a good command of the English language.

This position is akin to an apprenticeship where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn the nuances of patent law, including patent searching, preparation of patent applications and responding to Examiner’s official actions on pending patent applications before the Canadian patent office.  The patent field relates to the protection of new inventions and lies between the disciplines of Engineering and Law.  After about two years of training, the trainee should be in a position to sit the Canadian Patent Agent’s qualifying examinations.

Training to be a Patent Agent’s and writing the Patent Agent’s Examination is a rigorous process.  For more information on the examination please see our blog posted June 25, 2013.

If you believe you might be a good fit with our firm and are interested in training to become a patent agent, please send your resume to the attention of Craig Wilson at the email address of craig@patents.webnixon.ca.