Analyst IPM
Job Description
Job Summary
We are looking for a dynamic individual to join the Biologics IPM (Intellectual Property Management) Team, adept in deriving the LOE dates for pipeline Biological products. The ideal candidate will prepare non-infringement opinions, facilitate development of alternate process and formulations, and drive the filing and prosecution of patent applications, aiming to alert the organization to potential 3rd party IP threats and enable early product launches in regulated and key emerging markets.
Roles & Responsibilities
• You will be responsible for designing and implementing search strategy to identify the patents relevant to a product/process.
• You will be responsible for preparing and maintaining database of all 3rd party patents that might block the launch of product in countries of interest.
• You will prepare detailed landscape and freedom to operate reports on pipeline products/process.
• You will interact closely with the R&D; (Research and Development) team in developing an alternate process, to work around the blocking patents.
• You will be responsible for identifying patentable inventions from in-house R&D; process development, performing patentability search, and drafting patent applications.
• Your role includes prosecuting the patent application in various patent offices.
• Your responsibilities include performing prior art searches and providing other inputs required for preparation of invalidation grounds for blocking patents.
• Your responsibilities include maintaining assigned IP portfolio records, filing and prosecution deadlines, annuity information and status reports
• Your responsibilities include tracking patent application prosecution and patent litigation in various jurisdictions, changes in patent/regulatory laws and evaluating their impact on the launch plans of pipeline products.
• You will support IP due diligence by screening relevant patents and applications, reviewing standard IP documents, preparing checklists, risk summaries and queries, and coordinating inputs from cross-functional stakeholders.
• Your responsibilities include keeping abreast of evolving patent jurisprudence and actively participating in continued learning initiatives in the team.
Requirements
Function: Other
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level