Patent Law

Patent Attorney - Small Corporation - San Francisco, Calif.

By Dennis Crouch

LS9, Inc., a San-Francisco-based clean-energy start-up, is seeking a new patent attorney. The patent counsel?s primary responsibilities will include all aspects of intellectual property counseling related to LS9?s product development and technology innovation efforts. In particular, the Patent Counsel will have the following responsibilities.

Responsibilities:
? Draft patent applications and manage outside counsel involved in drafting;
? Prosecute patent applications, both in the United States and internationally, and manage outside counsel involved in prosecution;
? Participate in the formation and implementation of policies, procedures/guidelines related to intellectual property protection;
? Participate in developing and implementing a corporate IP strategy;
? Review and analyze competitor patents and competitor technology and provide analysis for developing both defensive and offensive IP strategies;
? Provide advice on LS9 product and technology development in light of the competitive IP landscape;
? Provide legal counsel regarding infringement and validity issues, and patentability of new products and technologies;
? Keeping up to date and knowledgeable concerning third party IP and industry IP trends, caselaw and other legal development;
? Providing education to various company functions and facilitating the integration of corporate IP strategy company-wide.

Requirements:
? The candidate must have a J.D. with four to eight years of experience as a patent attorney primarily engaged in patent prosecution, either in a biotech corporate setting or in a law firm servicing such clients.
? An advanced degree in Molecular Biology or Biochemistry is desirable but not required.
? Admission to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a state bar is required.

Contact:
Please email your resume in MS Word, RTF, HTML, or ASCII text format to the address below. If you wish to enclose a cover letter, please include it in the body of your email message. EOE.

Additional Info:
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: South San Francisco, California

Full post as published by Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).