Company

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.

Grade / Level

IV

Division / Department

R&D;

Job Purpose

The position will support the Product development and technology development team to ensure creation, maintenance and defense of a solid IP position, protection of know-how and risk management by understanding infringements and conducting appropriate searches. In-house IP team development for GFL and making IPR work more efficient, time saving and more qualitative IP output, for assisting in IPR activities.

Protection of IP:

- Ensure protection and defence of intellectual property including Know- How
- Harvest and evaluate invention disclosures, initiate novelty searches and support

analysis of data

- Ensure registration, enforcement, maintenance and defence of trademarks
- Draft patent application and prosecution thereof
- Defend IP rights attack from 3rd parties
- Assist in review of patents and trademarks
- Identifying IP infringements and enforcing patents and trademarks

IP Risk Management

- Conduct patent Landscaping and freedom – to – operate evaluation pertaining to company product portfolio. Conduct patentability searches, literature search, IP analysis
- Ensure proper IP risk management to enable product launches – Patentability assessment, patent drafting, filing, and online PCT filing.
- Define and take countermeasures vs. competitors IP and intelligence
- FTO analysis, opposition/Invalidation actions, joint development, IP Due Diligence etc.
- Evaluate IP concerns at early-stage product selecting, key blocking patents by innovator, market exclusivity studies (SPC, NCE)

Scientific Information Management, Patent Filing and IP Awareness





- Support with respect to all search requests including patent information.
- Drafting, filing and prosecution of Patents in different jurisdictions worldwide
- IP Counselling to R&D; teams, prior art searches, infringement, white space and patentability analysis.
- Use database to retrieve external information relevant to the Company
- Keep all stakeholders updated of major IP legal developments
- Perform IP awareness training for R and D and technology team
- Understanding of US, EP, PCT, CN, IN Patent Laws and Procedures
- Literature searches using various databases using Data Mining Tools

Protection of IP Assets

- Ensure protection and defence of intellectual property including Know- How
- Harvest and evaluate invention disclosures, initiate novelty searches and support analysis of data
- Ensure registration, enforcement, maintenance and defence of trademarks
- Draft patent application and prosecution thereof. Defend IPR rights attack from 3rd parties
- Draft IP agreements. Assist in review of patents and trademarks
- Identifying IP infringements and enforcing patents and trademarks

Skills and academic qualifications

Educational Qualifications

- Minimum Qualification -

M.sc Organic Chemistry

- Preferred Qualification -

Ph.D Organic Chemsitry

Relevant and total experience

- Total Number of experience required -

At least 8 years in the IPR Industry (working exp. With Chemical or Pharma or Agrochemical industries.) Preference to candidates with background of EV/Hydrogen/Solar/ fluorospeciality/ fluorochemicals/ Polymers Chemistry/ Organic Chemistry

- Relevant experience required in -

4 Years+

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🏢 Gujarat Fluorochemicals
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