Senior Patent Counsel / Director, Intellectual Property

The role

The person in this role will create and manage global patent portfolios to protect innovations in cellular programming, computational biology, and novel therapeutics. They will provide advice on patentability, freedom to operate, and IP risks to business stakeholders.

What you will do

• Prepare, prosecute, and maintain global patent portfolios for various therapeutic modalities.
• Draft and file patent applications.
• Manage and resolve patent office actions such as inter partes reviews, reexaminations, post grant reviews, and oppositions.
• Identify and evaluate data for patentability and invention capture.
• Conduct due diligence assessments and provide advice.
• Counsel business stakeholders on freedom to operate analyses, patentability, and global regulatory exclusivities.
• Provide advice and counsel on trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks.
• Review, draft, and negotiate IP terms in collaboration with transactional legal team.
• Identify, assess, and communicate IP risks to business stakeholders.
• Manage outside counsel work product and budget.

Required qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry or related science.
• Registered before United States Patent and Trademark Office.
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school if lawyer.
• Admitted to California Bar or ability to qualify as Registered In-House Counsel if lawyer.
• 7+/12+ years of experience as patent prosecutor.
• Experience in global pharmaceutical drug development and commercialization.

Nice to have

• Law firm and industry experience

About the company

Altos Labs is a biotech company whose mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation. Exceptional scientists and industry leaders work together to advance a shared mission.