Sagacious IP is Hiring Drafting and Prosecution Expert

Company Description

Sagacious IP is a worldwide IP research firm that supports large corporations, small and mid-sized corporations, IP law firms, licensing firms, and universities. With over 500 full-time employees, Sagacious offers a range of services including patent information/searching, patent licensing/monetization, patent analytics, patent drafting support, trademark search/watch, patent paralegal support and more. Sagacious attributes its continued success to its ability to attract and nurture the industry's finest talent across the globe. Sagacious has locations worldwide and is headquartered in Gurugram, India.

Sagacious is committed to making a positive impact in the IP industry, its customers, its employees, and the communities it serves.

Role Description

We are searching for a full-time Drafting and Prosecution Expert to join our team at Sagacious IP. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting clients in drafting and filing patent applications, and providing advice on prosecution strategy.

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 teams 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).
• 3+ 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.
• Experienced in mentoring team members and ensuring deliverables meet client expectations.
• Excellent comprehension skills, reading and understanding of technical literature, patent publication.
• Robust understanding of latest and upcoming technologies. Sound basics in the area of expertise.
• Excellent articulation skills to explain/ discuss with inventors/attorneys/colleagues.
• Strong analytical skills to analyze prior arts and potentially infringing products to decide scope of claims.

. Excellent (persuasive) writing skills to draft convincing arguments. Understanding of latest case rulings would be an added advantage.

Desired Education Background: Bachelors or Masters in Engineering/Technology

Domain: ECE, CSE or IT

Work Experience Required: 1 to 15 years in IPR industry Only

Working Days: 5 days (Monday to Friday)

Why join us? : Merit-based culture that thrives on self-motivated & driven individuals who are set out to make a successful career in Worlds fastest growing IPR Organization. Agile & democratic setup that gives space to your creativity, offers opportunity to work at scale coupled with an environment that encourages diverse perspectives at all times.

Compensation:

We value talent and believe in rewarding it generously. Be a part of Indias leading IP research story and grow with us!

To find out more about what its like working for Sagacious IP and about the Role at a personal level please share your updated CV with priyanka.giroti@sagaciousresearch.com