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Intellectual Property Attorney - UKIFS Ltd., Culham
Client: STEP
Location:
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 604fe0a338a3
Job Views: 4
Posted: 02.05.2025
Expiry Date: 16.06.2025
Job Description:
STEP is a bold and ambitious programme, developing pioneering new technologies to achieve its goals. We generate considerable intellectual property to inspire and enable the fusion industry, strengthening the UK’s leadership.
The role involves leading on intellectual property matters for a specific STEP technology stream, including identifying, protecting, managing IP, performing landscape and risk analysis, and advising technical teams.
Key Accountabilities
1. Client Counselling: Advise technologists and engineers on IP, ensure decisions align with strategy, build relationships, act as the go-to person.
2. Identifying & Protecting Innovation: Support IP identification, advise on protection, record keeping, patentability assessment, patent drafting/prosecution, and commercialization opportunities.
3. Landscape & Risk Analysis: Conduct landscape searches, assess results, identify IP risks, communicate strategies.
4. IP Portfolio Management: Develop management processes, set KPIs, control budgets, manage portfolios for optimal outcomes.
5. IP Training: Prepare and deliver training, respond to requests, maintain training records.
The list of activities is not exhaustive and additional tasks may be assigned.
Qualifications
Essential:
* Patent Attorney UK and/or European qualified with PQE
* Experience advising clients and managing IP matters
* Invention identification, prior art review, patent drafting/prosecution
* Managing IP portfolios, stakeholder reporting
* Working in matrix/project environments, stakeholder relationship skills
* Analytical, problem-solving, strategic thinking
* Excellent communication, attention to detail
* Degree in Scientific or Engineering discipline
Desirable:
* Industry IP management experience
* Risk assessment, freedom to operate analysis
* High-quality prior art, landscape searching
Additional Information
Benefits: https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/
We welcome diverse applicants, especially women in STEM, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and neurodiverse individuals. Our EDI initiatives promote inclusion and diversity.
Note: Vacancies are advertised for around 4 weeks but may close earlier. For international applicants, see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants for criminal records check info.
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