Job Description

PADI Patent Officer

Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

You will be working as PADI Patent Officer and will be part of Process Automation Business Area for Process Automation Digital Division based in Bangalore, India. In this role you will be reporting to Head - Product & Delivery Management and will be responsible for ABB\xe2\x80\x99s Legal & Integrity team is a pro-active and strategic business partner with a strong focus on quality, customers and the company\xe2\x80\x99s best interest.

Your responsibilities

• Using knowledge of intellectual property rights, plus knowledge of multiple engineering and scientific fields to influence the protection of key research and development efforts
• Leading IP processes and trade secret management in the relevant business unit according to group IP guidelines. Supporting the search, monitoring and analysis of third party patents
• Supporting business unit with competitor watch and potential overlaps of competitors\xc2\xb4 products with ABB\xc2\xb4s. Supporting the enforcement of own IP rights and managing own business unit patent portfolio. Overseeing the IP aspects of key research and development (R&D) projects, ensuring the appropriate geographic coverage of the patent portfolio
• Leading development of IP strategies and policy for assigned business unit and product groups. Ensuring appropriate implementation plans are in place and follows up as required
• Contributing to development of IP processes and tools. Managing and driving IP processes, procedures for own domain and organization
• Keeping up-to-date with technology advancements in business related fields and legal developments in the intellectual property field. Assessing the company\xe2\x80\x99s IP position relative to its key competitors and performs prior art searches in support of R&D projects
• Acting as the interface between own business unit and group IP core team as well as other functions. Providing IP consulting and advises managers, scientists and engineers on intellectual property rights, e.g. designs, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets
• Ensuring appropriate training and seminars on intellectual property rights, company processes, procedures, and IP tools for relevant employees

Your background

• Bachelor\'s degree in any discipline is a must, LLB / LLM is preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years in Product Patent with software product background
• Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions
• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization
• Working independently, applying established standards and instructs or coaches other professionals.
• Experience as IP Engineer or Analyst and a good understanding of patent law, how to read, understand, search for, and identify relevant patents.
• Affinity to written explanation of technical matters. Very good text comprehension skills and verbal expression of technical circumstances

More about us

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. The Process Automation (PA) business area (>$6B revenue in 2021, 22,000 employees), automates, electrifies and digitalizes some of the most complex industrial infrastructures on this planet. Through its five divisions, it serves customers in the energy, process and hybrid industries \xe2\x80\x93 from hydrocarbons, chemicals, water, mining, minerals, pulp & paper to marine and ports, and many more. PA stands at the heart of some of the most important shifts in society, helping the energy-intense industries to safer, smarter and more sustainable operations to enable a prosperous, low-carbon society. For more information on PA, refer to https://global.abb/group/en/investors/strategy-events/pa-capital-markets-day-2022 We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning Work model: on site #LI-onsite

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