Senior Patent Counsel
Core
Senior in-house patent counsel managing global patent estates, prosecution, and IP strategy for protein therapeutics and generative biology platforms.
Role type
Senior in-house patent counsel (biotechnology)
Builds
Global patent portfolios and IP protection strategies for protein-based medicines
Domain
Biotechnology / Protein Therapeutics / Generative Biology
Required skills
U.S. and international patent law expertise, patent prosecution, global portfolio management, freedom-to-operate analysis, patentability analysis, landscape analysis, IP transaction experience, outside counsel management
Preferred skills
Artificial intelligence technologies experience, adversarial proceedings experience (litigation or USPTO)
Technologies
USPTO systems, global patent databases
Responsibilities
Partner with R&D to identify inventions and recommend protection strategies; draft, file, and prosecute patent applications; manage day-to-day portfolio matters and outside counsel relationships; conduct patentability, freedom-to-operate, and landscape analyses; support IP aspects of collaborations and licenses; review external disclosures for patent considerations; educate scientists and management on IP principles.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
