Hi, I’m Jen—a Chemistry PhD with two years of industry experience who is transitioning into full-time patent work. This site is the notebook I’m keeping public while I interview for patent agent roles.

Why this space exists

• I needed a home to document the workflows I build for large-scale prior-art searches.
• Recruiters kept asking how I use AI in practice, so I decided to show my experiments instead of just talking about them.
• Writing helps me connect the lab intuition I honed during my doctorate with the legal rigor required for prosecution.

What I’ll publish

1. Patent landscape breakdowns for chemistry-heavy fields (catalysis, biomaterials, battery chemistry).
2. Python + LLM recipes for clustering claims, extracting competitive intelligence, and summarizing voluminous file histories.
3. Notes from the job search—what employers expect, how I prepare technical disclosures, and where AI copilots genuinely save time.

If you’re building IP in a research-driven organization—or hiring a patent agent who can code—I’d love to hear from you. Email me at jen@jendau.com or connect on LinkedIn.