Associate Patent Attorney (Pharma)

Department: Corporate Patents – Global Business Services (CP-GBS)

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About the department
Corporate Patents – Global Business Services (CP-GBS) together with Corporate Patents Denmark (CP-DK) and Novo Nordisk Inc. Intellectual Property Department (NNI-IPD) forms Novo Nordisk’s Global Patent Organization (GPO). CP-GBS established in 2007 to assist Global Patent Organization on various patent functions such as performing various Patent Searches and assessments, Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation Support, Business Development support and Patent Coordinator Services.

The Position

As an Associate Patent Attorney/Patent Attorney(Pharma) you are expected to have strong technical knowledge, analytical skills and good communication and interpersonal skills.

Additionally, you will be responsible for handling prosecution for Novo Nordisk’s patent applications in India and in Rest of the World (RoW) countries. Also, you will be required to conduct patent searches, such as Novelty and invalidity (including sequence searches) independently and provide support to business development activities of the organisation. You should be able to handle patent prosecution and carry out patent searches with the minimal assistance from senior colleagues.

Qualifications

We are expecting you to hold the below skills and knowledge:

• Minimum of master’s degree in biotechnology, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry or related fields.
• 3 to 7 years of experience in handling patent prosecution in biotech, life-sciences, or Biopharma domain and conducting various patent searches, patentability, invalidity and FtO in pharma/biotech domain.
• Well versed with sequence and structure searches and patent and scientific databases, such as STN, PatBase/Derwent Innovation, SciFinder etc.
• Certified as Patent Agent/Attorney in India(preferred).
• Should have good understanding of patent law and practice in India and other major jurisdictions such as US, EU and JP and also should be well versed with key concepts of IP evaluations, such as patentability, freedom to operate, validity assessment.
• Exposure of working in an in-house team of company or global firm would be an advantage.
• Should be willing to take additional responsibilities for supporting local or global in-house projects as and when needed and also should have good interpersonal skills, ability to work independently as well as in team, taking initiative and being detail-oriented.

Working at Novo Nordisk
 

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline

17th May 2024
 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.