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Intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States
47 open roles for intellectual property specialists in the United States as of Nov 15, 2026. Lyft, Charles River Associates, Anthropic, Formlabs and PlayStation Global have the most. 2 are remote and the median advertised salary is $194K.
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Skills asked for in intellectual property and patent specialist roles in the United States
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- Counsel, Patents & IPLyft · 🇺🇸Dallas-Fort Worth · +5 more locations$144K - $180KM&ALaw degreeLitigation
- Intellectual Property & Corporate Governance ParalegalBETA Technologies · 🇺🇸South Burlington, Vermont, United States$70K - $115K
- Senior IP CounselCellanome · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$240K - $280KSeniorLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property
- Director / Senior Director, Intellectual Property, Life SciencesLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$262K - $400KLead and above
- Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual PropertyFormlabs · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$150K - $225KAirflow
- Head of Intellectual PropertyFormlabs · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$150K - $225KLead and aboveAirflow
- Senior Counsel, TrademarkOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorLitigationIntellectual property
- Director, IP CounselIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$224K - $300KHybridLead and aboveIAMLaw degreeBar admission
- IP ParalegalPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$130K - $210KHybridAI agentsM&ALitigation
- Senior IP ParalegalFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$108K - $148KSenior
- IP Counsel, Life Sciences PatentsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$335K - $385KMachine LearningLaw degreeIntellectual property
- Senior Counsel - Intellectual PropertyCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, Los Angeles, California$250K - $300KSenior
- IP CounselMarianaminerals · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$130K - $185K
- Counsel, Intellectual PropertyCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$122K - $208KData centersLaw degreeLitigation
- Senior Patent Counsel / Director, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA$286K - $367KLead and aboveLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property
- Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$486K - $571KLead and aboveAgileLaw degreeBar admission
- IP CounselRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$212K - $252KLitigationBar admissionIntellectual property
- Director, Intellectual PropertyTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$198K - $298KLead and aboveLaw degreeLitigationIntellectual property
- Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual PropertyFormlabs · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$150K - $225KSenior
- Senior Patent CounselGenerate Biomedicines · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$200K - $315KSeniorMachine LearningM&ALaw degree
- Legal Counsel, Litigation and CopyrightSpotify · 🇺🇸New York, NY—Law degreeLitigationIntellectual property
- Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property EnforcementPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$210K - $315K
- IP Counsel, TransactionsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$335K - $385KMachine LearningM&ALaw degree
- Senior Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property LitigationPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$247K - $370KSenior
- Patent Agent, SoftwareHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$150K - $220KMachine Learning
- Patent Agent, HardwareHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$150K - $220K
- Patent AttorneyBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸Palo Alto - 3160 Porter$230K - $270K
- Senior Director, PatentsPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$302K - $454KLead and above
- Patent Counsel/Senior Patent CounselLegend Biotech US · 🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Somerset, New…$168K - $221KSeniorAgile
- Patent AssistantHasbro · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$74K - $110KExcel
- IP Counsel, Trademarks & DomainsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$335K - $385KLaw degreeLitigationIntellectual property
- Director, Intellectual PropertyReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $418KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLitigationBar admission
- IP Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Patent AgentBarnes · 🇺🇸Raleigh—
- Regulatory & Licensing Counsel (Trading & Derivatives)Anchorage Digital · 🇺🇸United States—RemoteTradingDerivativesRegulatory compliance
- Director, Intellectual Property CounselCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridLead and above.NETGenerative AIData centers
- Head of Intellectual Property1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$270K - $330KLead and aboveIntellectual propertyMechatronics
- Legal Counsel, US Patent AttorneyMistral.ai · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—HybridLLM
- Sr. Global Supply Manager, Semiconductor Intellectual PropertySpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorLaw degreeIntellectual property
- Senior Associate (Intellectual Property practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States…$130K - $152KSeniorCPACFAFinancial modeling
- Principal (Intellectual Property practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States…$175K - $250KLead and aboveCPACFAFinancial modeling
- Associate Principal (Intellectual Property practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States…$140K - $170KLead and aboveCPACFAFinancial modeling
- Consulting Associate (Intellectual Property practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States…$100K - $126KExcelQuantitative analysisM&A
Who is hiring for intellectual property and patent specialist roles in the United States
Where intellectual property and patent specialist roles in the United States are
- 🇺🇸United States47
- 🇺🇸California22
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area17
- 🇺🇸New York, NY7
- 🇺🇸Texas7
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC6
- 🇺🇸Houston, TX5
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA5
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL4
- 🇺🇸San Diego, CA2
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States
- How many intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 47 open intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States at 31 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 5 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Lyft (6), Charles River Associates (4), Formlabs (3), Anthropic (3) and PlayStation Global (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- 2 of the 47 open intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $194K, based on 41 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $162K and $300K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- 0 of the 47 open intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 34 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 31 companies are hiring and 5 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- 6 of the 47 open intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States (13%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM. Employers still list 47 such roles today at 31 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States ask for?
- Most often Intellectual property (51%), Law degree (43%), Litigation (43%), Bar admission (32%), M&A (28%) of the 47 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- Counsel (7), IP Counsel (5), Director (4), Head of Intellectual Property (2), Senior Counsel (2): the most common titles among the 47 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States in demand in 2026?
- 47 intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 31 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 5 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $194K. 2 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for intellectual property and patent specialist jobs in the United States?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.











