Senior Counsel providing legal services in mergers and acquisitions at Smith+Nephew. Advising on corporate transactions, managing due diligence, and collaborating with legal teams.
About the role
- Intellectual Property Counsel managing a global patent portfolio for Guardant Health. Providing strategic IP counseling and collaborating with the IP Team in cancer diagnostics.
Responsibilities
- Continue to build and manage a global patent portfolio, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications, identifying strategic areas for patenting, harvesting patentable inventions, and evaluating the patentability of invention submissions
- Collaborate with other members of the IP Team to develop and advise on global patent and IP strategy
- Oversee and coordinate with outside counsel as necessary with respect to IP protection
- Perform infringement and validity analyses and evaluate risk mitigation strategies
- Develop relationships with counsel, educate scientists and other employees on patent-related matters
- Partner with relevant stakeholders across the company to provide strategic IP counseling with respect to research and product development
- Support litigation and other dispute efforts concerning IP
- Assist with licensing, M&A, and other commercial transactions as needed.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate from a nationally accredited law school
- Registration with the USPTO and a member of a state bar (California preferred)
- Advanced degree in Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology; Cancer Genomics, Genetics, Statistics or similar field preferred
- 5+ years of relevant patent prosecution experience at a law firm or in-house position
- Experience with drafting, prosecuting, and reviewing patent applications focused on methods for analyzing genomic data from diagnostic next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays
- Understanding of algorithms and tools used in cancer genomics (e.g., sequence alignment, variant calling)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
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