[USA] USA based company Algenol is seeking a talented, motivated registered patent attorney or agent having significant background in molecular biology or biotechnology and experience with patent and invention disclosure writing. This is a highly desirable opportunity to assume a visible role within an innovative, dynamic organization that is pioneering the industrial use of microalgae to produce biofuels and biochemicals.

Responsibilities Include:

• Preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications and managing outside prosecution counsel.
• Collaborating with researchers to identify inventions, record relevant information and draft, submit and manage invention disclosures.
• Conducting prior art searches.
• Conducting patentability, freedom to operate, infringement and validity analyses.
• Collaborating with technical staff to capture data through experimentation in support of patent filings.
• Leading activities of an invention review committee.
• Responding to inquiries from inventors and business decision-makers regarding patent applications and portfolios.
• Assisting in managing intellectual property relationships in connection with the company’s licensing, joint development and research collaboration relationships, and possibly in working with contracts related to such work.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in biology or a related life science field.
• Experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications.
• Registration to practice with the U.S.P.T.O.
• Patent and/or technical experience relating to cyanobacteria or other prokaryotic organisms, especially relating to cellular genetic transformation.

Optional Qualifications:

J.D. degree and admission to a state bar (but patent agents are also encouraged to apply).

 

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