Patent Counsel
Job in
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 02720, USA
Listed on 2026-09-22
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-22
Job specializations:
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Law/Legal
Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property, Lawyer, Commercial & Corporate Law
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Work directly with internal R&D teams to identify inventions
- Conduct patentability assessments
- Draft and prosecute patent applications for novel chemical sciences inventions
- Support programs from discovery through development and commercialization
- Interact with discovery, development, manufacturing and supply, regulatory, business development, commercial, and legal functions
- Devise patenting strategies through product development teams to build robust intellectual property portfolios
- Draft and prosecute global patent applications related to products, product candidates, and platform technologies
- Support oppositions and other proceedings with internal litigation colleagues
- Collaborate with in-house US and European patent attorneys, paralegals, legal operations, support staff, and local agents
- Conduct freedom-to-operate analyses for R&D activities
- Support business development activities, including research collaborations and acquisitions, through IP due diligence, IP counseling, and related agreement drafting and negotiation
- Some domestic and international travel may be required
- Travel requirements: 10%
- Bachelor's degree in the biological, pharmaceutical or chemical sciences from an accredited institution
- Graduate of an accredited US law school
- Registered to practice before the USPTO
- Member in good standing of a Bar of at least one state or the District of Columbia
- Five (5) or more years of experience as an attorney in a law firm or corporate setting, drafting and prosecuting pharmaceutical or biological patent applications
- Time accrued as a practicing patent agent may be considered
- Strong technical background in chemical or biological sciences
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Advanced degree in the biological or chemical sciences preferred
- Experience counseling clients on intellectual property issues preferred
- Experience prioritizing work and leveraging resources to manage a significant workload preferred
- Ability to build partnerships and work in cross-functional teams
- Ability to communicate competently and confidently with R&D clients, business partners, and senior leaders
- Ability to exercise judgment on routine and non-routine matters within areas of practice
- Ability to be proactive and take initiative
- US and Puerto Rico residents only
- No visa sponsorship
Demonstrates expertise in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical and biological sciences, with a strong focus on intellectual property strategy and collaboration across R&D and business development functions.
Highest-signal resume keywords- Patent Application Drafting
- Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property Counseling
- Chemical Sciences Expertise
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Patentability Assessment
- Freedom-To-Operate Analysis
- IP Due Diligence
- Regulatory Compliance
- Legal Negotiation
- Excellent Communication
- Analytical Skills
- Proactive Initiative
- Judgment Exercise
- Partnership Building
- Registered to Practice Before the USPTO
- Bar Membership
- Biological Sciences
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Intellectual Property
- R&D Collaboration
- Product Development
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