Intellectual Property Manager - Tyvek® f/m
DuPont
- Luxembourg
- CDI
- Temps-plein
- Acting as contact point for all questions relating protection of trade secrets and intellectual property rights.
- Providing regular training and coaching for the wider organisation on the protection of trade secrets and confidential information.
- Working with the Legal Department and all other functions to facilitate external collaboration through appropriate use of Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Joint Development Agreements, memberships of research consortia, etc.
- Guiding researchers in recognizing potentially patentable inventions and conducting the necessary patentability research and analysis.
- Facilitating effective collaboration between inventors and IP Lawyers to ensure timely filing of high-quality patent applications and follow-up on patent office actions.
- Monitoring of the IP landscape and providing leadership with regular briefings on and recommendations for responses to potential opportunities and threats.
- Continuous improvement of our processes for protecting Intellectual Property.
- At least a Master’s degree in chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, materials science, or a comparable field.
- Further post-graduate education in Patent Engineering, IP Management or related studies.
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant career experience in IP management in an industrial context, ideally including prior art searching and analysis, patentability analysis, conceiving responses to patent office actions, etc.
- Conceptual, analytical, and strategic thinking
- Intellectual curiosity and an ability to rapidly absorb and understand technical concepts and apply them in creative ways.
- Excellent communication, networking, coaching and influencing skills
- Innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial initiative
- Self-starter with a pragmatic, hands-on approach
- Language: Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Languages: German and/or French