Patent Manager, Electrophysiology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Intellectual Property Law

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Patent Manager, Electrophysiology, to support Johnson & Johnson's MedTech Electrophysiology group, including its diagnostic, therapeutic, cardiac imaging, access, reprocessing, and structural heart technology platforms, to be based in Irvine, CA.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech.

Purpose: You will use scientific and technical expertise to serve as a point of contact between the in-house patent legal group and the various research teams within the J&J MedTech Electrophysiology group that develop new products and discover new technology.  As a creative driver of technology for the Johnson & Johnson MedTech sector, you will collaborate with members of the legal group to identify groundbreaking innovations and enable commercially significant inventions to be protected by valid patents in the various technology areas, while guiding the business strategically with regard to third-party intellectual property. Collaborating with the patent attorneys, you will provide advice and direction on patent matters to the R&D teams as they develop innovative technologies.

You will be responsible for:

• Partnering with patent attorneys, R&D, and business teams to develop and implement patent strategies associated with product development.
• Serving as a liaison between patent attorneys, R&D, process engineering, Global Strategic Marketing, and other teams to facilitate a cohesive intellectual property strategy.
• Monitoring and analyzing competitor patent activities and strategies and related product development and commercialization, including identifying potential risks and opportunities related to the competitive landscape.
• Preparing periodic reports and updates to the J&J MedTech Electrophysiology technical community and senior management on intellectual property matters.
• Assisting patent attorneys to perform critical review of patents, draft patent applications, draft patent amendments, patent opinion drafts, clinical study protocols and other patent-related documents for technical accuracy and full protection of company inventions.
• Collaborating closely with R&D personnel to conduct invention review meetings and product ideation sessions with on-site patent attorneys for ongoing projects, perform comprehensive searches of patent databases for invalidity, patentability, landscape and patent marking review.
• Performing technical analysis of third-party patents in distinct technology areas to identify and/or assess potential third-party patent considerations, including freedom-to-operate analysis.
• Ensuring detailed instruction is provided to researchers and inventors regarding legal requirements for a patentable invention and assist in the preparation and entry into an internal invention system of invention disclosures.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the business, including current research activities, products in development, the current commercial product offerings and existing IP portfolio.
• Attending and participating in Legal, R&D and business meetings related to such activities.
• Intermittent travel to domestic sites up to 5% may be required.

Potential Areas of related Development include:

• Developing and maintaining competitive intelligence reports to support product development and strategic planning.
• Assimilating competitive intelligence information from Global Strategic Marketing group with patent searches to identify competitors’ product strategies as well as potential en