What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patent Attorney position at Barco?
As a Patent Attorney in Barco's Patent Group you will coordinate and drive Barco’s patenting activities, pro-actively capture innovation trends and related inventions in all Barco’s Innovation and R&D teams, monitor the competitive landscape, develop monetization opportunities and interface with our General Counsel’s office on litigation and prosecution matters. The scope of this job covers Barco globally and has direct reports to support your work.
Key responsibilities :
- Capture innovation and related inventions from all our Innovation and R&D teams
- Prepare and coordinate input for patent prosecution (amending applications, office actions, etc.)
- Draft patent applications and work together with external patent firms on such drafts
- Communicate with external patent firms in Belgium, the US and Canada, Taiwan, and other all over the world.
- Coach inventors in the field of IP to increase awareness
- Valorization of the IP portfolio, by actively exploring licensing and sales opportunities
- Be involved in infringement cases, both defensive and offensive, working together with Barco’s many technical experts
- Be up to date with and follow-up on changes in patenting procedures, rules and regulations in the most important worldwide jurisdictions
- Disseminate the knowledge on patent procedures and domains to Barco’s technical experts.
- Perform daily management and maintenance of the extensive patent portfolio
- Assist to new IP generation focusing on strengthening protection for current products and identifying strategies for new products, for the future direction of the business.
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