Patent Specialist

  • Chennai
  • Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Role-Patent Specialist

Grade-VP

Exp-15+

Location-Navalur-WFO



Intellect’s CTO Office is looking to fulfil a position for a functional role of Senior

Patent Specialist who will support with patent related expertise to the Lines of

Business (LOB) across Intellect.


Roles and Responsibilities

● Works closely with inventors and business representatives to understand

inventions and determine the invention’s business impact in the industry.


● Conduct reviews of patentability and freedom-to-operate (FTO).


● Draft and review portions of patent applications (including drawings) and

examination responses from patent offices across the globe.


● Interact with patent examiners during the prosecution process to address

queries and ensure the successful issuance of patents.


● Manage responses to office actions and other official communications.


● Work closely with the Legal team from time to time, as required.

Competencies and Abilities


● Thorough understanding of basic patent concepts, patent procedures and

patenting techniques is a must.


● Candidate must have the ability to quickly understand new inventions,

identify key issues and differentiators. Flexibility and ability to smoothly

move from one technology to another are a plus.


● Ability to conduct prior art searches using free and commercial patent

databases is a must.


● Excellent communication and presentation skills are required. Particularly

strong in persuasive writing and reasoning skills is highly desirable.


● Ability to juggle between multiple priorities and competing demands based

on business criticality.


Qualification and Experience

● Bachelor /Master Degree in Computer Science with a minimum of 6 years

of relevant experience.


● The professional experience may consist of research and development

(R&D) with a minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in patent

matters.