Job Purpose To provide comprehensive intellectual property support to R&D; and business functions through patent and literature searching, patentability and preliminary infringement analysis, patent portfolio management, and timely IP intelligence to support product development and commercialization decisions.

Key Responsibilities Patent & Literature Search Design and execute search strategies using databases such as SciFinder, PatSeer and other free/public databases. Conduct patent, literature and prior-art searches for proposed products, processes and technologies. Identify relevant patents, publications and prior art and prepare search findings.

Patent & Literature Documentation Prepare Literature Search Reports, Patent Evaluation Reports (PER), disclosure sheets and other IP-related documents. Maintain proper documentation and records of search results and IP evaluations.

Patentability Analysis

Conduct preliminary patentability assessment of proposed inventions. Analyse prior art to identify novelty, inventive step and potential patentability concerns. Highlight potential IP risks and opportunities to the concerned R&D; teams.

Preliminary Infringement Analysis

Conduct preliminary infringement/FTO-related analysis for strategies proposed by F&D; and NDDS teams. Review relevant patent claims and identify potential areas of IP risk. Provide inputs to R&D; teams for designing strategies that consider the existing patent landscape.

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Selection & IP Landscape Support product selection activities by providing the patent scenario for targeted/interested countries. Analyse patent expiry, active patents, relevant applications and other publicly available IP information. Provide IP inputs to support product and market selection decisions.

Due Diligence Support

Provide preliminary patent information for due diligence activities related to collaborative product development. Support assessment of the IP position of products, technologies and potential collaboration opportunities. Cross-Functional IP Support Provide IP-related support and information to Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, F&D;, NDDS and other relevant functions. Coordinate with internal stakeholders to understand business and R&D; requirements and provide timely IP inputs.

Patent Portfolio Management

Maintain and regularly update the company's patent portfolio. Track patent filing, publication, prosecution and post-filing activities. Maintain accurate records of patent applications, grants, jurisdictions and key deadlines.

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Status & Project Tracking Maintain critical patent status monitoring sheets for respective projects. Track significant patent events, including filing, publication, examination, grant, opposition, expiry and other relevant activities. Escalate critical updates and deadlines to relevant stakeholders.

IP Knowledge & Continuous Learning Attend IP seminars, conferences, workshops and training programs to remain updated on developments in patent law, patent searching and pharmaceutical IP. Share relevant updates and learnings with the concerned team.

📌 Executive (Dholka)
🏢 Cadila Pharmaceuticals
📍 Dholka