Lead - Patent Licensing

Lead (Patent Licensing

Company Profile:

Hourglass Research is a leading Intellectually Property services firm with offices in San Jose, California and Bangalore, India. The company provides US Patent Drafting & Prosecution, Patent Analytics & Licensing services to multinational companies and startups. We cater to the hi-tech, semiconductor, telecom, software, emerging tech, medical devices, materials, and automotive sectors. Over the past 15 years, Hourglass Research has been consistently chosen by Fortune 500 firms for their US patent drafting and analytics assignments.

Role Overview:

As a Lead, you will:

• Manage a team of 6-7 Associates
• Work with some of the leading technology corporations and technology experts, assisting them in their innovation roadmap and MnA decisions
• Work on some of the cutting-edge technologies and work together with technologists
• Get an opportunity to identify problems and strive to resolve the same by independent thinking
• Assist clients worldwide by delivering high quality competitive intelligence and strategic services

Job description:

• Assist corporations and licensing experts in their licensing & analytics activities
• Typical tasks include analyse and rank-order patent portfolios, run campaigns to identify potential markets/standards, prepare high-quality licensing reports (patent-product mapping, damage calculation & royalty earning models, etc.)
• Occasionally involves product reverse engineering, chip testing, IEEE/ETSI standard scouting, product/data sheet analyses, etc.
• Interact directly with technology experts on a day-to-day basis
• Conducting comprehensive searches and analysis of technical and patent information using online databases
• Prepare ready-to-use licensing decks

Desired Skillset:

• Ability to quickly understand and grasp complex/cutting-edge technologies within hi-tech including evolving telecom standards (4G and beyond), MPEG, VLSI, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication (an absolute must)
• Desire to deliver the best work product within set timelines
• Ability to think independently and in a team to understand problems & suggest solutions

Education/Professional Qualification and Work Experience:

• Bachelors/ Masters degree in Electrical, Electronics, Communication, and Computer Science

IP Experience : 6-7 years

• Industry experience (telecom, VLSI, etc.): 0-2 years (not mandatory, but preferred)

Hourglass provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by central, state, or local laws.