Patent Engineer

Patent Engineer

**JURIDIQUE**

**DATE DE DÉBUT**

À pourvoir immédiatement

**LIEU**

Grenoble, France.

**TYPE DE CONTRAT**

Contrat à durée déterminée

**TEMPS DE TRAVAIL**

Full time

Chez ARaymond, nous imaginons des systèmes de fixation et d’assemblage de pointe pour les machines et les produits qui font avancer le monde.

Fondée en 1865 à Grenoble, notre siège historique, notre entreprise familiale est fière de son esprit d’innovation, qui l’a notamment poussée à inventer le bouton-pression.

Depuis plus de 158 ans, les valeurs humaines que nous prônons sont la clé de notre réussite et se reflètent dans notre modèle de leadership: le servant leadership - un management qui fait du bien-être et de l’autonomie des collaborateurs une priorité.

Aujourd’hui, nous employons plus de 8 500 personnes à travers 25 pays et sommes déterminés à servir d’exemple en matière de durabilité dans le secteur de la fixation et de l’assemblage.

Raygroup a été créé en 2007 pour apporter son support et son expertise à l’ensemble des entités ARaymond dans le monde.

Basé à Grenoble, Raygroup emploie 160 personnes dans de nombreux domaines comme le Marketing, la Communication, les Ressources Humaines, le Juridique, la Finance, le Développement Commercial, les Achats et la Stratégie.

Entreprise dynamique, Raygroup est à la recherche de personnes avec une forte adhésion aux valeurs ARaymond, prêtes à collaborer dans un environnement multiculturel.

Rejoignez une entreprise qui sert vos ambitions

Vous ferez partie d’une équipe soudée et internationale qui vous soutiendra toujours. Vous serez valorisé(e) et respecté(e) pour le rôle que vous jouerez dans la réussite de l’entreprise, à chaque étape de votre carrière.

About the job

Interfacing with our numerous internal clients the Patent Engineer provides Intellectual Property support on the business processes of the company and its affiliates. Within the Legal Department (IP team) the Patent Engineer will be collaborating with R&D engineers and business operatives, studying the IP related requests and providing initial counsel on the technical elements of the new developments’ exploitation, validity, IP matters and protection strategy etc.

This position reports to the Patent Manager, based in Grenoble. Determinated contract for a 1 year period.

Roles and responsibilities

**1. Advise and assist internal clients in the matters of new developments and their exploitation**:

- Conduct regular and transverse prior art studies and analysis during or after product conception,
- Study and analyse competitors patents and patent portfolios,
- Participate actively in the IP studies of the different R&D projects and report on the follow-up of such projects to the IP Manager,
- Assist R&D teams with work around advise to bypass foreign IP rights,
- Evaluate and analyse technical documents (drawings etc.),
- Conduct IP trainings on regular basis and provide additional training due to special wishes.

**2. Advise the clients on patentability matters and invention matters**:

- Initial evaluation of inventions,
- Invention analysis and initial technical analysis for potential patentability,
- Support Inventors to improve the quality of invention disclosures with added illustrations, pictures, improved disclosure descriptions and/or improved concept development,
- Participate in the brainstorming sessions on new concepts, give feedback to the IP team on these sessions and on the results expected,
- Communicate matters with local teams on IP strategic matters like filing, extension or maintenance decisions, according to internal company procedures and exchanges with the IP team.

**3. Support internal projects and developments, support and participate in IP strategy matters**:

- Assist the IP network to increase the awareness of the R&D teams of IP strategic questions and IP risk management,
- Provide technical surveillance of competitors and active patents related to the activity of the company,
- Evaluate counterfeits and infringements for potential litigation matters (defence/offense) related to IP, involve IP Manager for final decision,
- Prepare 3rd party submission / opposition /invalidity actions to IP rights and the related organizations, preservation of evidence, coordination of external searches, definition of strategy,
- Provide risk analyse due to potential infringement cases,
- Support local Global Legal Counsel and sales teams during agreement/contract drafting proceedings, involve IP Manager for final decision,
- B2B coordination/negotiation referring IP related topics (co-ownership, infringement ), involve IP Manager for final decision,
- Selection of countries for nationalization and validation for additional protection after the priority filing,
- Observe the dedicated IP portfolio referring business relevance, determination to pursue patent families including decisions for payments for annual fees,
- Analyse inventor remuneration systems, advice giving of legal constrain