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timely decisions regarding the patentability of an application.The Office of Human Resources strongly encourages you to read the vacancy announcement in its entirety before submitting application materials.If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the individual listed under "Contact Information."Failure to follow instructions may result in your application not receiving consideration.Complete applications will be processed by a cut-off date.First consideration will be given to eligible applicants who submit all required application materials by the early cut-off date of August 27, 2010.Subsequent cut-off dates will be each Friday thereafter until the closing date of the vacancy, Friday, August 12, 2011.KEY REQUIREMENTS:You must be a U.S. Citizen.Resumes requiredTranscripts requiredSupporting documents (DD214, SF-50, etc.) if applicableRegistered for Selective Service, if applicable (See Other Information)Additional Duty Location Info:Many vacancies - Alexandria, VAPatent

the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) photograph. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:Once an application is received, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements.  You will be notified of whether you are qualified and/or referred to the hiring official.  If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.  Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of:Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire, andYour detailed resume; andYour transcripts: (BS, MS, JD, Ph.D) andYour required supporting documentation.Failure to provide this information will affect your eligibility.  Please note that a complete resume is required for consideration.BENEFITS:The United States Patent and Tradem

dverse action against you, including terminating your employment. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, this employer uses E-Verify's photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) photograph. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:Once an application is received, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements.  You will be notified of whether you are qualified and/or referred to the hiring official.  If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.  Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of:Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire, andYour detailed resume; andYour transcripts: (BS, MS, JD, Ph.D) andYour required supporting do

d Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions can be found at:  http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/gs-PROF.asp.  It is available for your review in our office and in other Federal agency personnel office.  Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of the General Schedule Positions.  You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PETROLEUM ENGINEERING: A. Have at least a bachelor degree in professional Petroleum Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seve

lement will be verified by the employing agency.For 5-point veterans' preference, please provide Member 4 copy of each Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 or an official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty, or other official documentation (e.g., copy of military orders, campaign documents or expeditionary award citation, etc.) that proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions.For 10-point veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of our DD-214 (Member 4 copy), a Standard Form (SF) 15, “Application for 10-Point Veterans’ Preference”and an official statement, dated 1991 or later from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces certifying to the veteran’s present receipt of compensation.For more information, please go to http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetguide.asp#6. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification

oncepts underlying the specialty technology area to the patent examining process. Assignments are pre-selected to combine performance of productive work with supervised on-the-job training in both the judgmental and methodological aspects of the work.At the GS-9 level, the employee independently performs basic patent examining functions (e.g., planning and conducting the search, applying references to the patent application, etc.) with no preliminary instructions from the supervisor.The employee performs assignments of average difficulty in the assigned area of technology relative to the patent examining function requiring the application of fundamental principles, concepts, techniques, and guidelines relative to patent examining.May perform advanced patent examining functions (e.g., the evaluation of special claim constructions, the requirement of restrictions, the recognition and development of probable interferences, etc.) only after obtaining instructions from the supervisor and al

ntific principles, theories, concepts and methodologies that are used in the evaluation of technology; planning and conducting research; applying appropriate references to the claimed invention, etc. ORB. Have at least two years of graduate level education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited college and/or university in the fields of study as described in the Basic Qualification Requirements. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours will be considered an academic year of graduate study. ORC. Have less than the full amount of graduate education as described in "B" above and less than the amount of experience described in "A"above, but have a combination of the type of graduate education and experience described above.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (K

ation)Additional Duty Location Info:Many vacancies - Alexandria, VAPatent Examiners are responsible for the quality and timely processing of patent applications.At the GS-7 level, the employee performs basic patent examining functions (e.g., planning and conducting the search, applying references to the claimed invention, etc.) only after receiving extensive preliminary instructions from the supervisor.  Training emphasizes developing an understanding of the relationship of the technical concepts underlying the specialty technology area to the patent examining process. Assignments are pre-selected to combine performance of productive work with supervised on-the-job training in both the judgmental and methodological aspects of the work.At the GS-9 level, the employee independently performs basic patent examining functions (e.g., planning and conducting the search, applying references to the patent application, etc.) with no preliminary instructions from the supervisor.The employee pe