Associate Director, Patent Attorney

Responsibilities:

• Obtain or perform and review subject matter patentability and freedom-to-operate searches to support and inform PTC Stakeholder goals and decisions.
• Prepare and prosecute patent applications as needed to support and inform PTC Stakeholder goals and decisions.,
• Interface with Legal Department Counsel, as needed, to obtain information related to management and support of PTC IP; interface with Legal Operations, as needed, to support IPD goals; interface with PTC Stakeholders, as needed, to obtain information, data and/or contribute expertise to develop tactics and execute strategies to manage and support PTC IP.
• Interface with internal IP resources to obtain guidance or instructions for potential responses to patent examination communications from IP offices; interface with external IP resources to review and provide instructions for potential responses, and to file patent applications as needed.
• Perform additional duties as requested or required.

Qualifications:

• JD degree and a minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible legal experience at least 3 of which include patent preparation and prosecution (in-house or at a law firm) for pharmaceutical related technologies (e.g., small molecule (chemistry) and/or large molecule (biochemistry or molecular biology).
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline and United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Registration as a Patent Attorney.

* Special knowledge or skills needed and/or licenses or certificates required.

• Admission to at least one state attorney bar.
• Registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
• Significant, demonstrated and recent experience preparing, filing, and prosecuting chemistry patent applications and performing and reviewing patentability and freedom-to-operate searches using scientific and/or patent searching tools (e.g. SciFinder, STN, Derwent Innovation, Orbit Intelligence, Cortellis, PatBase).
• Experience prosecuting patent applications for pharmaceutical related technologies directly with the USPTO or other international IP offices.
• Demonstrated proficiency using the advanced functionality of Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, Microsoft Teams), Adobe, and ChemDraw.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and strict adherence to deadlines and guidelines.
• High degree of integrity and ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Reliable self-starter, taking initiative while remaining highly and prospectively collaborative, willing to influence without direct authority.
• Working independently and collaboratively, as required, able to navigate a fast-paced, relationally matrixed, non-siloed team environment of internal and external team members.
• Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills, able to flexibly adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent planning, organization, and time management skills, able to support and prioritize multiple projects.

*Special knowledge or skills and/or licenses or certificates preferred.

• Experience (1-2 years) in a laboratory-based, drug discovery role within a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or related environment.
• *Experience (3-4 years) interfacing with stakeholders at all levels of pharmaceutical research and development including, but not limited to, Research, Preclinical, DMPK (Drug Metabolism Pharmacokinetics) Publication Review, Business Development, Project Team Leaders and Managers, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls), Clinical, Marketing, Commercial, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Corporate Communications, Lifecycle Management and associated Operations Teams.
• Experience filing patent applications using USPTO, WIPO or other international IP office web-based filing systems including, the USPTO's Patent Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web).
• Have an active My.USPTO.gov account.
• Office-based or remote position, with availability for virtual meetings in the US Eastern Time Zone.
• Travel requirements -0-10%

EEO Statement:

PTC Therapeutics is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, veteran status or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.