SENIOR MANAGER

Department DetailsRole SummaryRoles & Responsibilities

• 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 ExcellenceKey ResponsibilitiesRoles & Responsibilities

• 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 ExcellenceEducational QualificationsRequired Education Qualification: LLM
Required Experience: 13 – 15 years