Description:
A Agricultural Chemical Company is looking for an innovative, energetic, and transformational Patent Attorney.Seeking a new and challenging opportunity to further enhance your patent attorney career without the hassle of billable hours? Tired of chasing new clients and worried about making partner? A Agricultural Chemical Company has an opening for an experienced patent attorney at its facility located in Johnston, Iowa. This is a highly visible, key role within A Agricultural Chemical Company Intellectual Property group which provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with an in-house legal team, business partners and brilliant scientists involved in a variety of world-class technologies such as advanced breeding, genomics, CRISPR and artificial intelligence. An individual well-suited to this position must exhibit vision, integrity, commitment, leadership, self-motivation, maturity and judgement. Be part of our team and help us harness the power of our over $1 billion annual R&D spend and launch innovative products to help solve global food security and climate change challenges!
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities – What you will do to help us grow!
- Freedom to Operate analysis.
- IP portfolio development aligned with the business strategy.
- U.S. patent drafting.
- U.S. and foreign patent prosecution.
- Patent administrative proceedings including IPRs, PGRs and Reexams.
- Invention development.
- Inventor education.
- Patentability and landscape analysis.
- Intellectual property transactions/agreements.
Qualifications:
Experience and Education – What you'll bring to the table!
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) from a reputable institution and a strong background in quantitative genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, breeding or in a related bioinformatics computer science discipline.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA accredited law school in the U.S., admission to at least one State Bar in good standing and Registered to Practice before the USPTO.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in drafting and/or prosecuting patent applications as a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney, preferably in a law firm.
- Capable of analyzing patent landscape and advising clients on FTO and patentability considerations for complex technologies.
- Experience working with foreign associates to assist and coordinate filing and prosecution of international patent matters.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal direction.
- Ability to maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or work environment and to facilitate implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
- Strong organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and ability to prioritize projects and meet aggressive deadlines.
- Superior communication, influencing and networking skills.
- Outstanding writing skills as demonstrated by original writing samples of patent applications, prosecution submissions, memorandums, and other communications.
- Post-graduate R&D laboratory experience for 2 or more years.
- In-house legal department experience.
- Experience with independently prosecuting large patent dockets.
- Experience with developing and implementing IP strategies and IP portfolio analyses.
- Leading and negotiating IP transactions/agreements.
