Purpose

Perform patent-related work and patent counselling

• Maintains proactive contacts with Research and Development autonomously, with the aim of protecting all valuable innovations by means of patent protection
• Addresses and deals autonomously with invention disclosures, novelty and dependence searches, preparing texts, formulas and sequence listings for patent applications, preferably in English, in close cooperation with R & D
• Elaborates basis for foreign filing decisions and for decisions to maintain or abandon patent rights
• Files, prosecutes and defends protective rights
• Manages a patent portfolio relating to one or more Roche products, for the most part autonomously, proactively and professionally
• Reviews and clears scientific publications
• Identifies and monitors potentially disturbing third party rights
• Assists in dealing with oppositions and revocation applications against third party patents, patent situation analysis and patent enforcement
• Engages in patent due diligence activities
• Advises Research, Development, Legal and Licensing with respect to patent-related matters

Qualifications/ Expertise

• Completed Natural Science and/or Engineering degree or equivalent training
• Registration as a European Patent Attorney (European qualification examination or equivalent professional experience)
• Precise and efficient work style
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure, even under extreme workloads in international setting
• Willingness to adjust working hours to accommodate fluctuating workloads
• German and English (spoken and written), other language skills an advantage
• Good computer skills (MS Office, esp. OUTLOOK and WORD / Explorer etc.)

Trademark Attorney