Job Description
The role involves securing patents for innovative battery technologies by collaborating with technical teams, drafting patent applications, and supporting patent prosecution efforts to protect Sila's next-generation battery materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with technical teams to identify patentable inventions
- Conduct invention disclosures intake, identify gaps, and work with inventors to address them
- Perform prior art searches and landscape analyses to identify white spaces for new patent filings
- Draft patent claims, figures, and specifications in alignment with inventors and IP team
- Translate complex experimental data into robust patent applications
- Support outside patent counsel in analyzing office actions and developing arguments to defend patentability
Requirements
- Bachelor's (BS) degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Physics, or a related field
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO registered patent agent)
- At least 5 years of experience in drafting patent applications
- Ability to analyze office actions and develop arguments in support of the technical novelty of inventions
- Ability to collaborate closely with technical teams to identify patentable inventions and conduct intake of invention disclosures
- Experience in conducting prior art searches and landscape analyses to identify white spaces for new filings
- Experience in drafting patent claims, patent figures, and specifications aligned with inventors and IP team
- Experience in translating complex experimental data into robust patent applications
- Strong understanding of patent law, IP strategy, and global filing processes
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver results on time in a fast-paced environment with constantly evolving demands
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to convey complex technical information effectively
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Operate a computer and other office equipment such as a laptop, copier, and printer in a fixed location
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $130,000 to $164,000
Work environment: Onsite
Total Rewards package including benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses
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