Job description

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. For more than 50 years, we have established a remarkable track record around that innovation: Work that enables clinicians around the world to enhance and save lives. We are experiencing massive growth, and this is your opportunity to make a big impact!

The Patent Agent will lead the evaluation of intellectual property protection strategy including patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Work Schedule: This position is in Irvine, CA and will require minimum 3 days onsite per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation of patent applications between R&D inventors and outside patent counsel; Partner with outside patent counsel in the preparation of such applications.
• Draft and prosecute worldwide patent portfolios
• Engage with R&D, engineering services, marketing, and product management to sense and capture new innovation
• Review and provide technical guidance on invention disclosures for patentability
• Prepare for and run manage Patent Review Board meetings to evaluate inventions and determine what should be submitted as patent application
• Provide patentability, landscape, and competitor analyses as it relates to patent procurement activities
• Conduct patent searching as requested by supervising attorney to: product development including design-around activities, right to use / freedom to operate (FTO) matters; and identify and evaluate potential infringement concerns, validity and competitiveness
• Advise and educate internal clients regarding IP-related issues, including new developments in patent and trade secret laws and policies
• Plan patent activities and due diligence efforts with accountability for successful completion within scope of deliverables
• Other incidental duties

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years of patent experience and protecting technologies (e.g., drafting and prosecuting patent assets, conducting patent analysis, and/or providing support for open source, standards, transactions, and litigation efforts)
• Relevant experience at a top law firm and/or in-house legal department

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree, a minimum of 4 years of experience stated above is required with a Master's degree
• Experience in life sciences industry
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and related systems and/or tools
• Proven successful project management skills
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Work is generally self-guided with input from stakeholders with adherence to established patterns and practices
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment in own team
• Decisions impact small team Erroneous decisions or recommendations or failure to achieve results might cause delays in schedules and require the allocation of financial resources
• Ability to represent leadership on sections of projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and team
• Ability to consult in project setting within specific sections of area
• Develops solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation; ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $106,000 to $151,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).

About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 13,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it’s our life’s work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to complying with the requirements and guidance from our government authorities and to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them around the world. As such, all Healthcare Interacting positions require COVID-19 vaccination, which includes anyone who directly interfaces with patients and those who interact with healthcare providers as part of their role. If hired, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in countries where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination. In countries where vaccines are less available, or other requirements exist, we may institute alternate measures that optimize patient safety and healthcare provider safety, which may include regular COVID testing or specific masking requirements.

For United States Applicants Only:
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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