Senior Intellectual Property Counsel - IP Development

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

Senior Intellectual Property Counsel - IP Development
The candidate will work alongside colleagues from the Intellectual Property Team to develop a patent portfolio to protect technologies related to the design and operation of audience measurement metering devices; approaches for media recognition and classification leveraging digital signal processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence; approaches for scaling and deduplicating audience measurement estimates via fusion of multiple data sets leveraging a variety of data science methodologies; and approaches for assessing audience engagement and advertising impact. Will be working directly with inventors and colleagues to determine the patentability of invention disclosures, and working directly with inventors to review and approve drafted patents. Drafting utility patent applications, and working directly with inventors to review and approve drafted patent applications before filing. Prosecuting patent applications in-house under the supervision of an IP portfolio manager both in the United States and in certain foreign jurisdictions by providing direct instructions to outside counsel foreign associates, including drafting and reviewing applications, interviewing patent examiners, drafting and reviewing office action responses, drafting and reviewing appeal briefs, and all other phases of patent prosecution. Assisting in developing patent strategies that focus patent protection on competitively differentiating features of the firm’s products, including working with IP portfolio managers and the firm’s product owners to ensure alignment between the firm’s business stakeholders and patent strategy. Providing intellectual property support to the firm’s engineering and product teams related to tech portfolio, including invention mining, patent training, and conducting patent audits of the firm’s products to identify existing and planned patent coverage and also identify patent whitespace for further IP development.

The candidate should have 3+ years of patent-related experience. Experience working with inventors, developing patent portfolios, and preparing and prosecuting patent applications, including drafting patent applications, responses to office actions, and conducting examiner interviews needed. Degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related industry experience, and/or in-depth knowledge of media content distribution, including broadcast networks, cloud networking, wireless networks, end-user devices used to access and playback media content, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data science methodologies, and identity resolution essential. Must be U.S. Patent Attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Should be Admitted to practice law in state of residence. Previous in-house patent preparation and prosecution experience valued.

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