Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology (California)

Responsibilities

• Primarily support Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and more specifically, the oncology business.
• Develop and execute best-in-class patent strategies in an ever-evolving IP environment.
• Provide a full range of patent support functions for product development teams, including identifying inventions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, performing freedom-to-operate analyses, rendering opinions, managing outside counsel, drafting and negotiating license and collaboration agreements, providing due diligence support for business development transactions and client counseling.
• Regularly make presentations and engage with the business clients regarding intellectual property and related partnership and contractual matters.

Requirements

• A J.D. or LL.M. with admission to and good standing with the bar of one state or the District of Columbia is required.
• Admission to the USPTO is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of large molecule patent experience at a law firm or in-house legal department of a multinational corporation is required.
• Ability to articulate and positively engage internal clients and external partners is required.
• Capability to give well-organized, thoughtful presentations to upper management is required.
• A demonstrated competency in the field of biopharmaceutical discovery, development, and commercialization is required.
• Working competency with protein, biologic, and cellular technologies with a required competency for analyzing legal matters associated with the research, development, and commercialization of protein, biologic, and cellular therapeutics.
• Substantial experience drafting and prosecuting biopharmaceutical-related patent applications is required.
• Experience in rendering patentability and non-infringement opinions is required.
• Experience in due diligence activities, license/agreement drafting and negotiation is preferred.
• The ability to accommodate occasional travel is required.