Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Do you have outstanding organizational skills, a good sense of detail and enjoy working with people? If so, vocational training as a patent assistant at Fraunhofer is the perfect way to jump-start your career!
In this varied profession, you will take on important tasks in the field of patent law. You will help to apply for patents and trademarks, manage deadlines and prepare important documents. You will learn all about intellectual property, support communication with clients and ensure that all legal and administrative processes are on track. At Fraunhofer, you can complete your vocational training at headquarters. This way, you will not only be building solid professional knowledge and skills but also opening up exciting career opportunities in a field with bright prospects for the future.
Be the change
- You will help assist and advise the Fraunhofer institutes (throughout Germany) on all matters relating to industrial property rights.
- You will also provide support for drafting patent applications, submit them to patent offices and monitor the process of maintaining national and international intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, designs, utility models).
- In the course of these activities, you will also keep an eye on all official deadlines, ensure that they are met and communicate with government agencies and institutes.
- Regular continuing education activities, state-of-the-art IT systems and tools as well as colleagues who are happy to support you in your vocational training will all help you in the process.
Minimum qualifications
- The ideal candidate will have a general secondary school diploma (Mittlerer Schulabschluss (or equivalent) if obtained in the German system) or higher education entrance qualification (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife if obtained in the German system), with an average grade of Good to Very Good. We’re open to different paths!
- You are interested in legal topics and working with contracts and legislative texts.
- Accurate spelling and good communication skills, a solid grasp of numbers and proficiency in English are also part of your profile.
- You enjoy working with state-of-the-art office communication tools.
- You also have a meticulous and organized working style, enjoy working independently and are open and a good team player.