Senior Patent Paralegal

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Santa Clara, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

As a Senior Patent Paralegal, you will provide legal services and resolve legal matters for assigned responsibilities or clients. You will support the business in the achievement of business objectives by communicating advice of the Legal Department and managing legal risks to the corporation.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Possesses solid knowledge of Abbott’s businesses supported and knowledge of the broader business impact.

• Represent Abbott externally to customers, suppliers, competitors, opposing counsel or government agencies; resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal experience involving more complex matters.

• Helps select and/or directs the work of outside counsel, outside paralegals, contractors and vendors; defines project objectives and manages project.

• Provides administrative support to Division IP Counsel and Senior Patent Counsel.

• Has experience with:

  U.S. and international patent application processes and timelines as well as the legal, business, and budgetary impact of various milestones between patent application filing and the expiration of a patent.

  Freedom-to-Operate (“FTO”) analysis and the various legal, technical, and business inputs required to complete an FTO analysis.

• Performs complex queries in the patent database and generates/analyzes reports from the patent database as requested.

• With supervision, conducts Patent Governance meetings by convening appropriate stakeholders and developing reports that are used to make patent portfolio decisions, records minutes and decisions made at Patent Governance meetings for attorney review and ensures decisions are accurately recorded in the database for future execution.

• Proficient at review and negotiation of standard agreements such as Confidentiality, Material Transfer, Investigator Initiated Studies, Clinical Study, and Services with minimal supervision.

• Reviews more complex agreements with supervision from attorneys.

• Executes core job responsibilities in a timely manner.

• Assists other paralegals and/or attorneys in resolving complex legal issues on projects involving multiple disciplines within the Legal Division and/or multiple functional areas or divisions within Abbott.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree and relevant legal education (Paralegal certificate).

• 6+ years of relevant experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess in-house IP experience, preferably in the medical device industry.

• Proficient in area of responsibility.

Apply Now

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is

$83,500.00 – $153,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations & Business Support

DIVISION:

GENC General Counsel

LOCATION:

United States > Santa Clara : Building A - SC

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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