Assisstant Manager IPR

Principal Job Accountabilities :

• Protection of IP Assets :
• Ensure protection and defense of intellectual property, including know-how.
• Harvest and evaluate invention disclosures, initiate novelty searches, and support data analysis.
• Ensure registration, enforcement, maintenance, and defense of trademarks.
• Draft patent applications and oversee prosecution.
• Defend intellectual property rights against third-party attacks.
• Assist in the review of patents and trademarks.
• Identify IP infringements and enforce patents and trademarks.
• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) : Nil reported infringement.
• IP Risk Management :
• Conduct patent landscaping and freedom-to-operate evaluations related to company product portfolios.
• Perform patentability searches, literature searches, and IP analysis.
• Ensure proper IP risk management to facilitate product launches.
• Conduct patentability assessments, patent drafting, filing, and PCT filing.
• Define and implement countermeasures against competitors' IP and intelligence.
• KPI : Nil incidence of filing violations and rejections.
• Scientific Information Management, Patent Filing, and IP Awareness :
• Provide support for all search requests related to patent information.
• Draft, file, and prosecute patents in different jurisdictions worldwide.
• Offer IP counseling to R&D teams, conduct prior art searches, and perform infringement and patentability analysis.
• Use databases to retrieve external information relevant to the company.
• Keep all stakeholders updated on major IP legal developments.
• Perform IP awareness training for R&D and technology teams.
• KPI : Quality of search and protection of IP assets.
• Other IP Management Activities :
• Draft IP agreements.
• Assist in the review of patents and trademarks.
• Identify IP infringements and enforce patents and trademarks.

Skills and Academic Qualifications :

Skills Required

Agrochemical, Patent Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Risk Management, Analytics