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Patent Attorney / Patent Agent

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 10/28/2024 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Legal Job Number: 11919 Pay Rate: $150.00 - $250.00 Remote Friendly: Remote

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions.


Key Responsibilities include:
  • Strategic IP procurement and management of global intellectual property rights for individual large molecule (biopharma or biotechnology, including antibodies, gene therapy and other modalities) candidates and products or technology innovation (e.g., research tools, assays, manufacturing improvements) including drafting & prosecuting patent portfolios, freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity analyses, and risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.
  • Excels in working independently and proactively with minimal direction, and strong organizational skills.

Specific Daily Responsibilities & Associated Skill Sets may include:
  • Designing & delivering impactful global IP portfolios from invention capture to patent issuance and beyond for individual large molecule (biopharma or biotechnology, including antibodies, gene therapy and other modalities) candidates and products. Managing and prosecuting active global dockets, including drafting and handling U.S. and foreign patent applications.
  • Rendering freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity analyses, risk evaluation, and mitigation strategies for individual program molecules, technologies, and tools.
  • Identifying and exploiting new strategic opportunities & approaches leveraging a deep understanding of patent law.
  • Maintaining and sharing expertise and knowledge on legal case law, rules, and regulations before the US Patent & Trademark Office as well as other relevant jurisdictional IP offices

Job Requirements

Requirements/Demonstrated experience and track record of success in:
  • Building & leveraging global IP portfolios for large molecule (biopharma or biotechnology, including antibodies, gene therapy and other modalities) products at all stages of prosecution.
  • Designing and executing complex freedom to operate analyses across different technologies and different jurisdictions; developing and communication actionable risk mitigation strategies.
  • Experience with IP transactions and due diligence is a plus.
  • 7+ years of experience in pharmaceutical and/or biopharma/biotechnology intellectual property portfolio creation, strategy, and counseling.
  • Preferably prior experience in a pharmaceutical corporation.
  • An advanced degree in an area relevant to pharmaceutical IP practice. A Ph.D. is highly desired.
  • For attorneys, a United States law degree (JD) with a current good standing admission to at least one US state bar.
  • Admission to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Meet Your Recruiter

Melissa Politron
Recruiter

As a Compass Recruiter, Melissa "Mel" is excited about rediscovering her passion in helping candidates find opportunities that will excel their professional lives and improve their personal lives. She brings a deeply-rooted excitement to the team by understanding the people she works with and finding ways she can support them. Mel's connections with others inspires her to make a difference in the overall well being of her colleagues, candidates and clients alike. 

Outside of Compass, Mel enjoys cooking, dancing and being a mom to her three wonderful boys. She has an obsession with home organization and thoroughly enjoys solving other families' organizational needs. Mel is also very passionate about One Heart Source, a humanitarian organization that combats conditions such as poverty, diseases and illiteracy through education. She participated as a summer volunteer teacher in Tanzania and credits the organization for shaping her into the person she is today. 

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