Patent Attorney
Core
Own the internal capture, evaluation, and protection of intellectual property across a medical research centre's portfolio in genomics, cancer, and immunology.
Role type
Senior Patent Attorney (Life Sciences)
Builds
A protected and commercialized IP portfolio aligned with research discovery.
Domain
Life Sciences (Genomics, Cancer, Immunology) + Intellectual Property Law
Required skills
Patent drafting, filing, and prosecution, Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis, patentability assessment, IP governance framework design, stakeholder communication with scientists, commercial strategy alignment
Preferred skills
Experience building patent functions from scratch, early-stage science assessment
Technologies
Patent databases, literature search tools
Responsibilities
Build trusted relationships with researchers to identify patentable inventions early, conduct patent and literature searches, draft and prosecute patent applications in-house, establish internal IP governance frameworks, manage a growing patent portfolio strategically
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
