Associate (Patent Drafting/ Analytics / Licensing) Jobs in Mumbai - Hourglass Research

JD for Associate (Patent Drafting/Patent Analytics/Patent Licensing) - Mumbai and Bengaluru

Company Profile:

Hourglass Research is a leading Intellectually Property services firm with offices in San Jose, California and Mumbai & Bangalore, India. The company provides US Patent Drafting & Prosecution, Patent Analytics & Licensing services to multinational companies and startups. We cater to the hi-tech, semiconductor, telecom, software, emerging tech, medical devices, materials, and automotive sectors. Over the past 10 years, Hourglass Research has been consistently chosen by Fortune 500 firms for their US patent drafting and analytics assignments.

Role Overview:

As an Associate, you will:

• work with some of the leading technology corporations and technology experts, assisting them in their innovation roadmap and MnA decisions
• work on cutting-edge technologies and hand-in-hand with technologists
• get an opportunity to identify problems and strive to resolve the same by independent thinking
• assist clients worldwide by delivering high quality competitive intelligence and strategic services

Job description (Patent Drafting):

• Attend patent review committee (PRC) meetings to evaluate inventions
• Conduct patent searches to assess patentability of inventions
• Prepare US patent applications
• Assist in patent prosecution activities to take patent applications to grant
• Client interaction: Participate in inventor calls from Day 1, communicate project highlights and summaries to clients via calls and e-mail
• Participate in devising IP strategies for clients

Job description (Patent Analytics & Licensing):

• Assist corporations in their licensing & analytics activities
• Conduct comprehensive searches and analysis of technical and patent information using online databases
• Analyze and rank-order patent portfolios, run campaigns to identify potential markets/standards, prepare high-quality licensing reports (patent-product mapping, damage calculation & royalty earning models, etc.)
• Occasionally involves product reverse engineering, chip testing, IEEE/ETSI standard scouting, product/data sheet analyses, etc.
• Interact directly with technology experts on a day-to-day basis
• Prepare ready-to-use licensing decks

Desired Skillset:

• Ability to quickly understand and grasp complex/cutting-edge technologies within hi-tech including VLSI, Semiconductor, Emerging Technology (EVs, AI, ML, blockchain, deeptech, etc.), Telecom (LTE/4G and beyond)
• Excellent written and verbal communication [an absolute must]
• Desire to deliver the best work product within set timelines
• Ability to think independently and in a team to understand problems & suggest solutions

Education/Professional Qualification and Work Experience:

• Bachelors/ Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Instrumentation and Computer Science. Freshers from Tier-1 Engineering Institutes preferred
• IP Experience: 0-1 years (not mandatory)