US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation at Mercor
posted 1 hour agoUS Patent Attorney (Prosecution & Litigation) | $110-125/hr | Remote (US) | Short-term evaluation project
About the Role
An AI lab is training frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data, and Mercor is hiring US patent attorneys with prosecution and/or litigation experience for a focused evaluation project. You will review model-generated work product on patent matters, judge its quality, and mark legal, technical, factual and citation errors directly in the materials.
What You'll Do
- Review patent-related outputs (prosecution and/or litigation work product) and assess their quality against defined dimensions
- Annotate inline, flagging legal, technical, factual, claim-construction and citation errors
- Provide clear, well-reasoned explanations for each judgment
- Complete all assigned reviews within the review window
- Attend a short onboarding session before kickoff
Requirements
- Admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership)
- 3+ years of US patent practice: patent prosecution (drafting/prosecuting applications before the USPTO) and/or patent litigation (infringement, validity, claim construction)
- For prosecution work: registered to practice before the USPTO (patent bar, registration number)
- A technical or scientific degree (engineering, computer science, life sciences, chemistry, physics or similar)
- A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Clear writing and close attention to detail
Bonus Qualifications
- USPTO registration number (patent bar)
- Experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or a leading patent boutique
- Federal Circuit or district-court patent clerkship
- Prior data annotation, AI evaluation or legal-benchmark experience, including prior legal AI projects with Mercor
Pay and Schedule
- Hourly rate: $110-125/hr
- Time commitment: approximately 12-15 hours total, within a defined review window
- You must complete all required reviews, as the project design depends on every attorney finishing the full set
How to apply for this role
- Upload your resume — keep it up-to-date and in English. Mercor will auto-fill your profile from it.
- Complete the AI interview — a 15-minute conversation about your experience. Be ready to discuss specific projects and challenges you've solved.
- Submit your application — only about 20% of applicants finish all the steps, so completing yours puts you well ahead.