Shape the Future of Blockchain—Bringing Business On-Chain

We’re offering a unique opportunity to join Launch Legends (and Autheo) as a part-time Equity Cofounder. Founded in July 2021, Launch Legends is at the forefront of bridging Web3 blockchain technology with the next evolution of Web2 integration—bringing businesses on-chain through enterprise-grade solutions, DePIN innovations, and decentralized financial infrastructure.

Our flagship project, Autheo, is an AI-enabled Layer-0 Operating System with an integrated Layer-1 blockchain and complete decentralized infrastructure that includes decentralized compute, storage, identity, and service marketplaces, as well as a full-stack development environment (DevHub)—engineered for scalable enterprise adoption, developer innovation, and real-world blockchain integration.

Our Projects

• Autheo — https://www.autheo.com
• Docs — https://docs.autheo.com
• Autheo Team — https://www.autheo.com/teams
• Launch Legends (Parent Company) — https://www.launchlegends.io
• X / Twitter — https://x.com/Autheo_Network

About Autheo

With nearly 100 equity cofounders from leading companies and institutions—many with advanced degrees and PhDs—Autheo is solving the critical challenges blocking business adoption of blockchain technology.

Autheo’s Layer-1 network, staking and fee model, and DevHub builder environment are being built and strengthened, alongside sovereign identity (TheoID), decentralized compute and persistent storage through the Autheo Marketplace, AI inference (THEO AI), and post-quantum cryptography.

Key Features

• Layer-0 OS + Layer-1 — Sovereign Cosmos-based coordination layer with an EVM-compatible execution environment, IBC interoperability, and Proof of Autheo consensus.
• Eigensphere Engine — Multi-language runtime. Rust is a first-class path for execution, cryptography, and developer tooling, alongside Go, Solidity, Move, Vyper, and C.
• DevHub & full-stack SDKs — One workspace for frontend, backend, smart contracts, and orchestration.
• TheoID — Sovereign identity for people, services, and AI agents, with a post-quantum roadmap (NIST-standardized ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA).
• Autheo Marketplace — Decentralized compute, storage, and service markets built into the Autheo network.
• THEO AI — Inference and agent orchestration as a native primitive, not a third-party bolt-on.
• DePIN infrastructure — On-chain networks for real-world infrastructure ownership and resource sharing.

Audits & Organization

• Audits: Halborn (testnet and validator node platform), CertiK (Layer-1 chain and smart contracts), Adevar Labs (Base to Autheo bridge).
• Token: THEO, the native utility coin of the Autheo network.
• Organization: Launch Legends Inc., a Wyoming corporation, parent of Autheo LLC. Stewarded in part by the Autheo Foundation. 100+ equity cofounders across 25+ countries.

Compensation & Growth Path

This is a part-time equity / token-based cofounder opportunity. You will receive equity in Launch Legends, Autheo, and the WFO Creator Network, along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain. We have already completed an initial financing round to support infrastructure and marketing, and are currently in discussions with VCs and crypto investors to fund expansion. There is no cash salary for this role, and the commitment is at least 20 hours per week.

ROLE: IP Patent Attorney — Autheo Internet Operating System | Blockchain, Cryptography & Advanced Technology Patents Job code: LA390

About the Role

This role reports to the Managing Directors.

Autheo is recruiting an IP Patent Attorney to protect the company’s inventions across the Layer-0 Operating System and the integrated Layer-1: the Cosmos-EVM chain and protocol, DevHub, TheoID and its post-quantum roadmap (NIST ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA), the Autheo Marketplace for compute and storage, THEO AI, DePIN, and related software and cryptographic work.

You will lead invention harvesting, patent strategy, drafting, and prosecution. The job is to turn what engineers and researchers are actually building into high-quality provisional and non-provisional applications, and to keep the portfolio coherent as the work moves. This is not a seat for a general commercial lawyer without a patent practice, and not for someone who only reviews outside counsel’s drafts.

Part-time does not mean advisory. Equity cofounder means you own the patent work, make the filing and claim-scope calls, and work next to inventors, the IP Program Manager, and engineering rather than above them.

1. Invention harvesting and patent strategy

• Run invention-harvesting sessions with engineers, researchers, and founders across Autheo’s technical surfaces (protocol, cryptography, identity, compute and storage, AI, DevHub, and DePIN).
• Decide what to file, what to keep as trade secret, and how claims should be sequenced, with a written rationale the team can follow.
• Prioritize the pipeline so provisionals, conversions, and continuations land on time and cover the work that matters most.

2. Drafting and prosecution

• Draft and file provisional and non-provisional U.S. applications for software, cryptography, distributed systems, and blockchain inventions, including technically deep claims and specifications.
• Prosecute applications before the USPTO: office actions, claim amendments, interviews, and appeals as needed.
• Coordinate PCT filings and national-phase / multi-jurisdiction prosecution with the IP Program Manager and, where used, outside counsel.

3. Portfolio, ownership, and risk

• Build and maintain a coherent patent portfolio with clear owners, statuses, and deadlines, and report it plainly to the Managing Directors.
• Advise on inventorship, assignment, and IP ownership across a distributed equity-cofounder network.
• Advise on open-source license compliance, contributor IP, and licensing or freedom-to-operate questions that affect what we file and how we ship.

4. Working with inventors and the IP program

• Work daily with inventors so disclosures are complete and accurate, and so engineers can stay focused on building.
• Partner with the IP Program Manager on intake, docketing, formalities, and reporting, and with a patent paralegal on filings and prosecution support.
• When outside counsel is used, set the scope, review their work, and keep strategy in-house.

Required

• Registered USPTO patent attorney: admission to the USPTO patent bar, a JD from an accredited law school, and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
• 7+ years drafting and prosecuting provisional and non-provisional patent applications for software, cryptography, distributed systems, cloud, or blockchain technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, technically deep claims and specifications for complex software or cryptographic inventions. Name a portfolio or family you led and your part in it.
• Experience managing or substantially contributing to a patent portfolio at a technology company, research organization, or law firm supporting one.
• Comfortable working directly with inventors, protocol and cryptography engineers, and an IP Program Manager in a distributed cofounder team.

Preferred

• Prosecution or counseling experience in Layer-0 / Layer-1 blockchain systems (for example Cosmos SDK, EVM, consensus, or IBC), cryptography, or decentralized infrastructure.
• Work involving post-quantum cryptography (NIST ML-KEM, ML-DSA, or SLH-DSA), zero-knowledge proofs, or related cryptographic systems; AI systems, WebAssembly, or DePIN are also a plus.
• International patent strategy, PCT filings, and multi-jurisdiction prosecution.
• A technical degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or related) or equivalent technical fluency.
• Familiarity with open-source licensing, contributor IP frameworks, and technology transfer in collaborative environments.
• Prior founder or equity-compensated experience, or work with a fast-moving R&D or startup team.

First 90 Days

• A written map of Autheo’s invention surface and current patent filings: what’s disclosed, what’s filed, what’s at risk, and a stop / continue / start list agreed with the Managing Directors and engineering leads.
• A prioritized filing plan for the next two quarters, including provisionals, conversions, and any PCT or national-phase deadlines, with owners and dates.
• An inventorship, assignment, and disclosure process in use with the IP Program Manager, so new inventions have a clear path from harvesting meeting to filed application.
• At least one new application (or a substantial office-action response) drafted from an Autheo invention disclosure, reviewed with the inventors.

About Our Organization

Autheo is building a Layer-0 Operating System and an integrated Layer-1 so identity, compute, storage, developer tooling, and AI sit on one network instead of a pile of bridges. The work now is product and protocol: making that network faster, safer, and ready for the builders and businesses that will run on it.

🌐 🚀 WHY JOIN LAUNCH LEGENDS?

• Build the core, not a side project. Protocol, DevHub, TheoID, and the Marketplace are being built and strengthened now, and your work goes straight into them.
• The IP Patent Attorney seat owns patent strategy, drafting, and prosecution for Autheo’s blockchain, cryptography, and advanced-technology inventions.
• Equity in Launch Legends and Autheo, plus a THEO token allocation.
• 100+ equity cofounders across 25+ countries. Remote. Direct line to the engineering leads and the Managing Directors.