Senior Examiner of Patents
Core
Lead and manage a small team of patent examiners, including trainees, while performing examination work in Chemical & Biomedical and Electrical & Engineering domains.
Role type
Senior IC patent examiner (team lead)
Builds
Patent examination outcomes and team capability
Domain
Intellectual Property / Patent Law / Chemical & Biomedical / Electrical & Engineering
Required skills
Patent examination, team leadership, staff coaching, quality assurance, strategic planning, stakeholder communication, competency-based training, legislative compliance
Preferred skills
Experience in Chemical & Biomedical or Electrical & Engineering technical fields
Technologies
Patents Act 1990, Public Service Act 1999, competency-based training programs
Responsibilities
Lead and manage a small team of staff including trainee examiners, provide on-the-job training and coaching to trainee patent examiners, review and supervise examination work as part of the quality assurance framework, contribute directly to the section's production outcomes through examination work, model and embed the safe and effective use of data and artificial intelligence, exercise powers and delegations under the Patents Act 1990
