Responsibilities:
· Assess scientific literature, patents, and patent application documents, each encompassing a variety of chemical subjects, including organic, synthetic, and medicinal chemistry, as well as material science
· Understand, critique and provide insightful opinion on scientific data relating to inventions
· Conduct a comprehensive search for scientific articles, patents, and patent application documents relevant to the subject of an invention
· Perform in-depth analysis comparing an invention with existing discoveries or inventions. Identify essential elements, features, or components of an invention
· Compose patent applications comprising a comprehensive background of the field of an invention, a description of critical features and components of the invention, and a set of claims clearly and distinctly defining the invention
· Draft responses to rejection of a patent application for an invention from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other worldwide Patent Offices, providing detailed analysis of the scientific or patent references cited in the rejection, assessing the difference between the invention and the citations, and presenting convincing arguments and reasoning why the patent application is to be allowed as a patent
· Present ideas, reasoning, and conclusions in a concise way to colleagues. Provide insightful feedback and arguments to colleagues on their ideas
Qualifications
· USPTO admission required
· Ph.D. degree in Organic or Medicinal Chemistry, or minimum of 3-years of post-baccalaureate laboratory research experience
· Two years or more of patent prosecution experience
· Ability to present scientific concepts, analysis, reasoning and conclusions to scientists and non-scientists
