Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include patent application drafting, filing and prosecution, drafting and negotiation of various research and licensing agreements. Also drafting opinions and developing legal strategies associated with IntePharm's business and research endeavors. The candidate should expect to get involved in drafting opinion for involvement in some copyright, trademark and litigation matters. The candidate should also have responsibilities to defend company's position for any intellectual property related litigation in the court of law if required.

Requirements:

This position requires a minimum of 5-7 years of experience of working with pharmaceutical and related business's intellectual property matters or experience in actual patent filings, or dealing with the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. This position also requires a minimum of 4 years of experience in all aspects of U.S. and foreign intellectual property law relating to chemistry, preferably in the pharmaceutical or agrichemical industries, and requires a J.D. degree and a minimum of MS degree in life science or Chemistry or in any associated field of science for the admission to practice before the state bar and the U.S. Patent Office. It would be advantageous for the candidate to have prior experience of working with diversified fields of research and as a lead attorney in a reputed law firm in US in addition to working in an operating company, actively involved in research with biological sciences. Experience and understanding of working with regulatory authorities like FDA or USDA would be a plus.