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)
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