Senior Manager

• Managing Patent Filing, Drafting, Prosecution and Maintenance
• Maintaining patent portfolio and regular interaction with R&D team for IPR strategies
• Providing IP clearances to R&D/ Commercial/ Non-commercial teams
• Reviewing patent – non-patent literature searches, amino acid/nucleotide sequence based patent and non-patent literature searches in various databases
• Reviewing and analysing patent claims to prepare IP opinion and report for freedom-to-operate, infringement, validity, and prior art studies
• Reviewing and drafting of patent applications and filing the same in various jurisdictions.
• Reviewing the patent examination report or office actions and preparing response of the same
• Support to IP due diligence effort for product in- licensing opportunities
• Handling pre-grant/post-grant patent opposition and patent litigation in various jurisdictions
• Interaction with external attorneys for Patent Filing, Drafting, Prosecution and Maintenance in different jurisdictions.
• Responding to stakeholders on Patent Filing, Prosecution, and IP related queries
• IP Review of biological drug products/process and identification of potential launch timelines.
• Periodically strategizing and planning IP budgets
• Assist cross- functional teams and other stakeholders in understanding relevant third-party IP rights
• Effectively handling the patent prosecution team.

Skills Required-

Organizational Understanding-

Organization Strategy & Performance

Organization Operating Model & Internal Processes/Systems.

Industry & Competitive Awareness-

Pharma & Biologics/Biopharma sector awareness

Competitive Awareness.

Product Knowledge

Product Portfolio & Specifications.

Patent Landscape Awareness & Navigation

Patent research Methodology

IPR Tools/Software Expertise

Competition Evaluation & Landscaping.

Prosecution & Litigation

Patent Prosecution/Filing.

Data Management & Reporting

Insightful Reporting

Data Management.

Partnerships & Advisory

Strategic Partner Management

Patentability Advisory

Project Management

Project Planning

Delivery Excellence.

Education Description:

PhD (Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biochemistry) with LLB from a reputed educational institution.

Experience-

13-15 years’ experience, majority working in the patent prosecution team of in-house IPR department or in a patent law firm.