Senior Patent Counsel/Agent, Discovery & Computational Sciences IP Team
Core
Senior Patent Counsel/Agent managing global IP portfolios for biotechnology and computational innovations, including AI/ML, bioinformatics, and drug development tools.
Role type
Senior IC Patent Counsel/Agent (Biotech & Computational Sciences)
Builds
Global patent portfolios, licensing transactions, and risk mitigation strategies for discovery platform technologies and computational innovations.
Domain
Biotechnology, Computational Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Global patent prosecution, USPTO admission, J.D. degree, state bar admission, advanced degree in CS/EE/Physics/Biology/Bioinformatics, strategic IP procurement, freedom-to-operate analysis, infringement/validity analysis, due diligence, adverse proceedings management, complex IP transaction execution
Preferred skills
Experience in IP transactions, adverse IP proceedings (litigation), pharmaceutical therapeutics IP protection, wet lab and in-silico research technologies
Technologies
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, agentic workflows, bioinformatics, computational biology analytical pipelines, computer systems, software, digital health innovations, sequencing, proteomics, gene editing
Responsibilities
Drafting and prosecuting patent portfolios, managing global dockets and post-grant proceedings, rendering due diligence and risk assessments, partnering with stakeholders on IP strategies, advising scientists on patent law issues, managing external counsel relationships
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC