Duties

Summary

About the Position: Serves as an Supervisory Patent Attorney at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Fort Detrick, MD.

Must be a registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark

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Responsibilities

• Incumbent will provide legal advice on matters related to evaluating and protecting U.S. Government intellectual property (IP).
• Incumbent will manage the administration, control, and coordination of all patent, copyright, trademarks, and data rights services to all MEDCOM clinics, hospitals, and medical centers and all USAMRMC research laboratories.
• Incumbent will ensure the provision of timely accurate and practical legal, business and technology transfer guidance to scientists, supervisors, acquisition personnel, and program managers concerning intellectual property (IP) rights.
• Incumbent will provide legal opinions regarding the application of Federal Statues, Executive Orders, Army and Department of Defense regulations, and other directives relating to intellectual property (IP) laws and technology transfer issues
• Incumbent will develop intellectual property (IP) policy for all of MEDCOM.
• Incumbent will lead three or more employees in accomplishing their work.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
None

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Please see the "Other Requirements" Section

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens

The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Personnel Demonstration Project (PDP). The DJ-05 payband is equivalent to the GS-15 step 1 to GS-15 step 10 level. In keeping with the Demonstration pay fixing policies, employees earning a salary that falls within this payband equivalent, will not receive an immediate pay increase (promotion) if appointed to this position. Future pay increases within the payband will be accomplished through the pay for performance management system.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Applicants will be evaluated to determine if they meet the minimum qualification requirements and on the extent to which their application shows possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) associated with the position.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

1. Knowledge of Federal and U.S. Army Intellectual Property (IP) Laws, Regulations, and Policy Requirements.
2. Knowledge and skill applying Federal Technology Transfer Laws and Regulations.
3. Knowledge and skill managing the administration, control, and coordination of all patent, copyright, trademarks, and data rights.
4. Skill in Written and Oral Communication.
5. Skill in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and individuals.
6. Knowledge and skill in leading and managing people and processes, to include Interpersonal, Teaming, and Mentoring Skills.
7. Ability to Provide Legal Advice and Counsel to senior government officials.

NOTICE OF VETERAN'S PREFERENCE: There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g. DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions. (DD Form 214 is available from the DoD Forms Management Program Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm.) Although the point preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF)15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management website at www.opm.gov.)

The following minimum qualification requirements must be met before applicants are eligible for further consideration:

Education: An applicant must have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).

Bar Membership: An applicant must currently be a member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Must be a registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark

Experience: An applicant for a GS-15 or equivalent position must have three or more years of professional legal experience, acquired after being admitted to the bar, commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of this position. Graduation from an ABA-Accredited Law School in the top 25 Percent of the class or an advanced law degree such as an LLM may substitute for one year of the required professional legal experience.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Legal, Government and Jurisprudence

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html .

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Extended Probationary Period: The length of the probationary period for the Administrative and Management Occupational Family will be two years.
• Supervisory Probationary Period of One Year Required
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination.
• This position requires a Background Investigation.
• You may claim Military Spouse Preference. Documentation to support Military Spouse Preference must be submitted at the time of application.
• Applicants claiming veteran's preference must clearly show an entitlement to such preference on the resume/supplement data submitted.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Career Program (CP) 56 - Legal position
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application .

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be evaluated for basic qualification requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the position, as described in this Vacancy Announcement and identified by the Selecting Official.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Other

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

1. Resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e. HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.

2. Official Law School Transcript and an Official Statement of Relative Standing in Class. Photo static copies of these documents are acceptable when applying, but certified documents must be furnished before entering on duty. See: Transcripts and Licenses

3. Official certificate showing that you are a member in good standing of the bar. The official certificate must be dated within three months of the date that the application package is submitted. The certificate is required to be submitted by all applicants to include attorneys currently appointed to positions under the qualifying authority of The Judge Advocate General (including active duty Army Judge Advocates).

4. A sworn (notarized) statement from you that your fitness to practice law or conduct as an attorney has never been challenged in any jurisdiction to the best of your knowledge, or if either has been challenged, a sworn (notarized) statement concerning the facts and circumstances, together with any explanation that you deem appropriate may be submitted. As an alternative to a sworn (notarized) statement, a statement which includes a declaration under penalty of perjury may be submitted in the following format: "I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct...executed on (date)...(your signature)." (28 U.S.C. 1746). The statement must be dated within three months of the date the application package is submitted. The statement is required to be submitted by all applicants to include attorneys currently appointed to positions under the qualifying authority of The Judge Advocate General (including active duty Army Judge Advocates).

5. Examples of writing skills as demonstrated by legal briefs, memoranda, or letters. These examples should total no more than ten pages in length. Extracts of selected sections of larger documents are acceptable.

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.