Patent Specialist

Key Responsibility Area (KRA):

• Draft Patent Applications for inventions in the field of Information and communication technologies.
• Deliver prosecution projects including independently formulating response strategy for office actions along with complete draft responses to office actions.
• Draft provisional specifications and complete patent applications including well-crafted claim sets that conform to US and EP patent legal and procedural standards.
• Provide training to team members on multiple technical areas.
• Mentor team members and interns on assigned technology areas and provide direction and guidance to team members for drafting and/or prosecution work.
• Apply process knowledge to produce consistent, high-quality results in assigned tasks.
• Perform multiple tasks and work independently on assigned projects including creating and supporting processes for client deliverables, process customization, talent development etc.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify issues, inculcate best practices, and provide recommendations to enhance team’s performance and improve productivity.
• Use available tools to analyze and solve problems.
• Participate in the hiring process (preparing test papers, evaluating, and interviewing candidates).
• Lead team members in specialized technical assignments and projects requiring high-level of proficiency and competency.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelors or Masters in engineering/technology from a reputed institute.
• Excellent domain knowledge in ICT field (Information and Communication Technologies).
• 4+ years of experience in patent drafting and/or prosecution with at least two years of experience in patent drafting for US jurisdiction.

Experience of drafting 50+ patent applications for US domain