Position: Manager, Legal-IPR

Experience:
10-15 years in IP domain in Agro or Pharma. Qualification: MSc (Chemistry) Key Roles & Responsibilities
• Patent Drafting & Filing: Draft patent specifications and manage patent filings in India and overseas.
• Patent Prosecution: Handle examination reports, office actions, hearings and patent grant procedures.
• Freedom to Operate (FTO): Conduct patent searches, infringement risk assessments and FTO analyses for current products and technologies.
• Patentability Assessment: Evaluate R&D; innovations for novelty, inventive step and patentability.
• R&D; Support: Provide IP support to CPC, Bio, Fertilizers and Nanotechnology R&D; teams.
• Product Selection: Support business teams in identifying patent-free products and evaluating patent-related risks.
• Patent Portfolio Management: Manage patent portfolios,



renewals, statutory deadlines and prosecution activities.
• Subsidiary IP Support: Provide patent-related support to NACL, Dhaksha and other group companies.
• Patent Opposition & Litigation: Assist in patent oppositions, invalidation proceedings, infringement matters and enforcement activities.
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor patents, emerging technologies and patent landscapes.
• IP Strategy: Support development and implementation of patent protection strategies aligned with business objectives.
• External Coordination: Coordinate with patent attorneys, external counsel, R&D; scientists and business stakeholders.

📌 Manager Legal IPR (Hyderabad)
🏢 Coromandel International
📍 Hyderabad