Avient Corporation

Analyst, Intellectual Property

Avient Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Pune • 🇮🇳 India

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Provide overarching patent landscape assessments on platform research projects in a timely fashion.
  • Capable of independently developing relevant search strings based on subject matter inputs and executing patent searches, and reporting a concise summary of relevant search results.
  • Develop dashboards with regular competitive patent activity assessments for review with segment leadership teams.
  • Capable of providing patentability and freedom to practice recommendations in consultation with the Corporate Legal department to business segments based on the identified prior art.
  • Capable of coaching and developing junior IP analysts in the team.
  • Other projects/duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • PhD or Masters in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Plastics Technology, or related fields.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience, preferably with a multinational company, including 3+ years of patent searching and analysis experience required.
  • Patent searching, landscaping, claim analysis, technical competency and business awareness.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and in a cross-functional collaborative environment.
  • Highly self-motivated with a strong sense of self-initiative and focus on continuous improvement.
  • Strong IT skills, including proficiency with Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • Strong ethics/judgement in handling confidential information with professionalism.
  • English language proficiency.
Benefits
  • Role requires flexibility in availability to participate as needed in meetings with participants in other regions and time zones, including the Americas and Europe.
  • Role may require occasional travel to other Avient sites, including those in and outside of India.
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long period of time (up to 60% of the workday).
  • Must be able to traverse to/from required meetings.
  • Must be able to input data into a computer.
  • Typically, work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
patent searchinglandscapingclaim analysistechnical competencybusiness awareness
Soft skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationindependencecollaborationself-motivationinitiativecontinuous improvementethicsjudgment
Certifications
PhDMasters