Assistant Manager Intellectual Property; API

Position: Assistant Manager Intellectual Property (API)
Job Title:

Asst. Manager – IPM (API)

Location:

Mahape, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Department:  Intellectual Property Management (IPM)
Experience

Required:

8-10 Years

Position Summary:

We are seeking a candidate with 8 to 10 years of experience in handling IP for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API).

Job Responsibilities:

IP Search & Analysis:  Conduct literature searches (patent/non-patent) and prepare IP summary reports/landscapes.
IP Evaluation & Clearance:  Perform IP evaluation and clearance for APIs and Key Starting Materials (KSMs), analyse the associated route of synthesis (ROS), polymorphic forms, salt forms, and particle size.
Vendor Coordination & Approval:  Coordinate with API Vendors on IP-related queries and clear the API.
Patent Validity Analysis:  Evaluate and Prepare patent invalidity reports.
Opposition Filing:  Identify blocking patents / applications and file pre-grant oppositions, third party observations (TPO), post-grant oppositions and / or revocation.
Due Diligence:  Conduct IP due diligence (landscape reports, dossier review, monitoring relevant patents/applications) for in-license products.
Cross-Functional Liaison:  Coordinate with multiple stakeholders like R&D, Sourcing, project management, portfolio on API matters.
IP Monitoring:  Periodically monitor new patent publications and changes in patent status.
Compliance & Legal Updates:  Stay updated on current IP laws of different countries and legal developments.

Preferred Qualification

Education:

M.Sc. or PhD in Organic/Medicinal Chemistry.
Post Graduate Diploma in IPR, or registration as an Indian Patent Agent will be preferred.

Desirable Knowledge & Skills (Functional/Technical)
Chemistry Fundamentals:  Thorough understanding of organic reactions, spectroscopy, stereo chemistry, impurity profiling, and applied polymorph evaluation based on patent scenarios.
Solid State Chemistry Interpretation:  Good understanding of analytical data specifically XRPD, DSC, and TGA, and their correlation to patent claims covering specific polymorphs and PSD.
Database Proficiency:  Well-trained in using IP databases (Paid and free databases) such as Sci Finder, Reaxys, Orbit, Espacenet, WIPO, EPO, USPTO, and various national patent office databases.
Search Expertise:  Excellent understanding and experience in conducting substance and reaction searches using Sci-Finder/Reaxys databases.
Legal Expertise:  Good knowledge of patent law of different countries including US, Europe, India, and Emerging Markets.