Job brief: Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property

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• Listed on Formlabs's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $150,000 to $225,000 an hour
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Somerville, MA · Somerville, Massachusetts
• Posted: 2026-11-03

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Mid level. The posting asks for 3 years of experience.

Must have

• Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software must all work at micron-scale precision, for thousands of layer…
• Undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field. You need to be able to read a claim chart and the underlying spec without a translator.
• At least 3 years at a top-tier law firm focused on patent work.

Main duties

• Own patent portfolio value, not just volume: build the metrics and criteria that determine what Formlabs patents, maintains, or cuts, and track cost against …
• Set global patent strategy across the U.S. and internationally, weighing where protection is worth pursuing given Formlabs' cross-border risk.
• Draft, file, and prosecute patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and international patent offices, including the European Pat…
• Run freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses, patentability assessments, and portfolio risk reviews to keep Formlabs building on solid ground.
• Partner directly with R&D to catch patentable inventions early, before they're buried in a lab notebook.

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• Across Formlabs's 183 open listings, 25% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Formlabs hires

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