Overview
Canon is one of the world’s most innovative companies and a global IP superpower. While Canon is rightly renowned as a world leader in camera and printer technologies, it is also so much more. The patents team in Europe works directly with European inventors and colleagues at the global IP headquarters in Japan to provide a full range of patent services across Europe. We have seen growth in patent work across a number of technology areas, for example in standards essential patents and network video systems.
Responsibilities
* Directly working with inventors at our research centres and group companies to protect inventions
* Participating in growing our patent offering for standardization projects, including drafting, prosecution, filing strategies and claim charting
* Coordinating the worldwide prosecution of inventions originating in Europe such as those directed to digital standards. Relevant technologies include video coding (HEVC/VVC), video streaming (MPEG-DASH), wireless communications (5G/6G and Wi-Fi 802.11), Wireless Power Transfer, and connected vehicles (V2X/V2V)
* Filing and prosecuting patent applications in UK and Europe protecting inventions originating from CINC R&D centres in Japan. This may include filing appeals at the EPO
* Working with patent engineers at CINC’s IP HQ in Japan to coordinate prosecution strategies in the UK and Europe
* Opportunities to support our group companies e.g. Milestone (network video software solutions), NT-ware (cloud print solutions), IRIS (OCR technologies)
Qualifications
* Minimum of a university degree in a technical subject
* Fully qualified or Finals Standard European and UK patent attorney
* Relevant working experience as a patent engineer or attorney, for example in a private practice or an in-house patent department
* Experience or interest in digital standards and/or standard essential patents work would be advantageous
* Knowledge of AI technologies and patent law would also be an advantage but not essential
* Experience of foreign (non-UK/EP) patent prosecution preferred e.g. US, China, Japan etc.
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