Novo Nordisk Associate Patent Attorney Job Opening – Apply Online
Associate Patent Attorney (Pharma)
Category: Legal, Compliance & Audit
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
Department: Corporate Patents – Global Business Services (CP-GBS)
Does your motivation come from challenges and working in a dynamic environment? Is your ambition to create visible results? Are you enthusiastic about understanding the business and addressing key business challenges? Then we might have the right position for you. Apply today.
About the Department
Corporate Patents – Global Business Services (CP-GBS), along with Corporate Patents Denmark (CP-DK) and Novo Nordisk Inc. Intellectual Property Department (NNI-IPD), forms Novo Nordisk’s Global Patent Organization (GPO). CP-GBS was established in 2007 to assist the Global Patent Organization with various patent functions such as performing various patent searches and assessments, patent prosecution, patent litigation support, business development support, and patent coordinator services.
The Position
As an Associate Patent Attorney/Patent Attorney (Pharma), you are expected to have strong technical knowledge, analytical skills, and good communication and interpersonal skills.
Additionally, you will handle prosecution for Novo Nordisk’s patent applications in India and other Rest of the World (RoW) countries. You will conduct patent searches, such as novelty and invalidity (including sequence searches), independently and provide
support to the business development activities of the organization. You should be able to handle patent prosecution and carry out patent searches with minimal assistance from senior colleagues.Qualifications
We expect you to have the following skills and knowledge:
- Minimum of a master’s degree in biotechnology, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, or related fields.
- 3 to 7 years of experience handling patent prosecution in biotech, life sciences, or the biopharma domain, including conducting various patent searches, patentability, invalidity, and freedom to operate (FtO) in the pharma/biotech domain.
- Familiarity with sequence and structure searches and patent and scientific databases such as STN, PatBase/Derwent Innovation, SciFinder, etc.
- Certification as a Patent Agent/Attorney in India (preferred).
- Strong understanding of patent law and practice in India and other major jurisdictions such as the US, EU, and JP, and familiarity with key concepts of IP evaluations, such as patentability, freedom to operate, and validity assessment.
- Exposure to working in an in-house team of a company or global firm would be an advantage.
- Willingness to take on additional responsibilities for supporting local or global in-house projects as needed, along with good interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently as well as in a team, taking initiative, and being detail-oriented.
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