- Position Title
- Supervisory Patent Examiner TC3600
- Agency
- Patent and Trademark Office
- Announcement Number
- PATS - 3600-25-12590771-MP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024 to Wednesday, December 4, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
2.
Are you a current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee in the competitive service?
If eligible, submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) and Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of Time in Grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of Time in Grade.
If eligible, submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) and Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Position Occupied is 1).
Please note: Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade/range increases. While a General Adjustment and/or Award SF-50 may be your most recent SF-50 it typically DOES NOT show proof of Time in Grade. Thus, you may have to submit more than one SF-50 as proof of Time in Grade.
3.
Are you a current USPTO employee who holds or has previously held a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced?
If eligible, submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status.
If eligible, submit a copy of your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status.
- Your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect career or career-conditional (Block #24 Tenure 1 or 2) AND
- Your separation Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect your status was in the competitive service (Block #34 Position Occupied is 1).
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
How did you hear about this USPTO job opportunity? (No Choice Limit)
3.
Have you held a political appointment within the previous five-year period?
4.
If you are a current or former Federal civilian employee, by what agency/office or Department of Commerce bureau are you employed?
5.
If you answered "Other" to the above question, please enter the agency and organization.
Assessment 1
WARNING STATEMENT: Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume, and other relevant documents you submit, as well as through verification of references as appropriate. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from the position following acceptance. The following questions will be used to determine your minimum qualifications for this position.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Specialized experience is defined as having experience searching and/or examining patent applications involving one or more of the following art areas: biotechnology, biomedical, pharmaceutical, materials engineering, mechanical, business methods, electrical, computer, physics or chemical technologies. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-14.
Do you have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or the equivalent pay band in the Federal service?
2.
Do you have full signatory authority?
3.
Have you passed any of the following: the patent law and evidence (PLE) course, the Certification Examination, your most recent Recertification, Manager Candidate Exam or the Agent's Examination?
4.
Please select the response that best describes your supervisory/managerial experience.
5.
Please select the response that best describes your knowledge and experience in the training and development of a team through work accomplishments.
6.
Please select the responses that describe your experience training, developing, motivating, and evaluating staff.
7.
Select the statement that best describes your experience with scientific and technical matters associated with the patent process in one of the following art areas involving transportation, vehicle controls and navigation, physics, construction, agriculture, electronic commerce (Business Methods), national security, or License and Review designated in TC 3600.
8.
Select the statement that best describes your experience with legal matters associated with the patent process, which includes demonstrated competence in examination practice and procedure or comparable experience in the patent field.
9.
Select the statement that best describes your experience with making authoritative interpretations of legal precedents.
10.
Please select all the responses that best describe your experience and/or ability to communicate orally with various levels of employees and management in order to obtain and provide information.
11.
Please select the response that best describes your ability to communicate effectively in writing.