Patent Manager, Heart Recovery

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The Johnson & Johnson Global Legal Organization is recruiting for a Patent Manager to primarily support Johnson & Johnson MedTechs Heart Recovery business including the Impella family of products.

The R&D team that this position supports is based at Johnson & Johnsons campus in Danvers Massachusetts. Regular weekly presence at the Danvers campus is & Johnson is currently operating under a hybrid working model which will allow the successful candidate to work remotely two days per week.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were developing the next generation of smarter less invasive more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at a Patent Manager:

You will use scientific and technical expertise to serve as a point of contact between the in-house patent legal group and the various research teams within the J&J MedTech Heart Recovery business that develop new products and discover new technology. As a creative driver of technology for the Johnson & Johnson MedTech sector you will collaborate with members of the legal group to identify groundbreaking innovations and enable commercially significant inventions to be protected by valid patents in various technology areas while guiding the business strategically with regard to third-party intellectual property. Collaborating with the patent attorneys you will provide advice and direction on patent matters to the R&D teams as they develop innovative technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with patent attorneys R&D and business teams to develop and implement patent strategies associated with product development.
• Serving as a liaison between patent attorneys R&D marketing and other teams to facilitate a cohesive intellectual property strategy.
• Monitoring and analyzing competitor patent activities and strategies and related product development and commercialization including identifying potential risks and opportunities related to the competitive landscape.
• Preparing periodic reports and updates to the J&J MedTech Heart Recovery technical community and senior management on intellectual property matters.
• Assisting patent attorneys to perform critical review of patents draft patent applications draft patent amendments patent opinion drafts clinical study protocols and other patent-related documents for technical accuracy and full protection of company inventions.
• Collaborating closely with R&D personnel to conduct invention review meetings and product ideation sessions with on-site patent attorneys for ongoing projects perform comprehensive searches of patent databases for invalidity patentability landscape and patent marking review.
• Performing technical analysis of third party patents in distinct technology areas to identify and/or assess potential third-party patent considerations including freedom-to-operate analysis.
• Ensuring detailed instruction is provided to researchers and inventors regarding legal requirements for a patentable invention and assist in the preparation and entry into an internal invention system of invention disclosures.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the business including current research activities products in development the current commercial product offerings and existing IP portfolio.
• Attending and participating in Legal R&D and business meetings related to such activities.
• Intermittent travel to domestic sites up to 5% may be required.
  

Potential Areas of related Development include:

• Developing and maintaining competitive intelligence reports to support product development and strategic planning.
• Assimilating competitive intelligence information with patent searches to identify competitors product strategies as well as potential enforcement of J&J patents.
• Collaborating with patent attorneys to support litigation oppositions licensing and other business development-related activities.
  

Qualifications

Education:

• A technical degree in engineering (including but not limited to electrical engineering mechanical engineering biomedical engineering and computer engineering) physics or computer science is required with an advanced degree being preferred.
• Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Agent is required.
  

Experience and Skills:

• At least 3 years experience working as a Patent Agent Patent Liaison or Scientific Advisor Role in a corporate law department and/or law firm is required.
• 1 year experience with a PhD or 6 years experience (with a BS) technical experience in a relevant field.
• Experience reviewing patents and patent claims is required.
• Ability to work across multiple technology areas is required.
• Experience searching patent and scientific literature databases is required.
• Excellent organizational interdependent partnering and project management skills are required.
• Ability to communicate effectively as well as strong interpersonal skills including emotional intelligence is required.
• Proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Teams and OneNote) is required.

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