Job Description
About the position
AbbVie is searching for an in-house Senior Associate General Counsel for our Patent Prosecution group, part of AbbVie’s Intellectual Property, Transactions, and Innovation legal team. This position will support AbbVie’s pharmaceutical products and be based in our offices in North Chicago, IL, Waltham, MA, South San Francisco, CA, or Irvine, CA with a hybrid work model (onsite 3+ days/week). Acting individually and in cross-functional teams, the Senior Associate General Counsel will develop and implement intellectual property strategies for AbbVie’s products and product candidates.
- Responsibilities
- Maximize AbbVie’s competitive position through creation and implementation of intellectual property strategies
- Provide legal advice and counsel to cross-functional R&D and business teams on a variety of IP-related matters
- Draft, file, and prosecute strategically useful patent applications worldwide both directly and through management of outside counsel
- Challenge and defend patents in IPR, opposition, interference, and other post-grant proceedings
- Conduct prior art searches, analyze third-party patent positions, and conduct due diligence to support business development activities
- Requirements
- PhD and Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school, state bar admission enabling in-house practice (specific state not required), and registration to practice before the USPTO
- 15+ years of experience practicing patent law as an attorney or patent agent at a law firm and/or life sciences company, including substantial U.S. and foreign patent prosecution
- Technical background relevant for pharmaceutical patent prosecution, such as: Experience with small molecule and/or biological pharmaceutical discovery & development, and/or Technical degree in relevant field, such as molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering
- Strong legal, analytical, communication, collaboration, and people skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects to meet deadlines
- Will have direct budget responsibility and manages significant budget issues.
- Develops and manages budgets for assigned legal matters.
- Serves as a recognized resource for both management and other attorneys on innovative ideas in highly complex areas of the law.
- Nice-to-haves
- Experience with India, China, and emerging markets a plus
- Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
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