Executive - Intellectual Property

The Eplane Company; Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Eplane Company in Chennai is seeking a patent specialist to support the legal team in managing patents and trademark portfolios, including searches, drafting, and lifecycle filings.

You will review IDFs, perform novelty and prior art searches, draft provisional and complete specifications, analyze examination reports, and coordinate with patent agents and law firms to protect company assets.

Qualifications

• 2 years hands-on experience in patent search, analysis and draft preparation in a corporate IP cell, law firm setting.
• Sound understanding of domestic and international patent procedures (PCT system).
• Proficiency in reading and analyzing complex technical literature and patent claims.
• Strong analytical reasoning and technical drafting abilities.
• Excellent written English and articulation skills for communicating technical nuances clearly.
• Attention to deadline tracking and multi-project docket management

Responsibilities

• Conduct novelty/patentability searches, prior art searches, state-of-the-art studies, and invalidity searches
• Assist in performing Freedom-to-Operate analysis and patent clearance for new technologies and innovations used in our products.
• Prepare technology landscape reports and competitor patent tracking summaries to support R&D decision-making.
• Interact with internal engineers, researchers, and inventors to review Invention Disclosure Forms (IDFs) and evaluate patentability.
• Assist in drafting provisional and complete patent specifications (including detailed technical descriptions, drawings, and claims) across relevant engineering or scientific domains
• Review Examination Reports and Office Actions from the Indian Patent Office and global patent offices.
• Draft technical responses and counter-arguments to overcome objections
• Coordinate with registered patent agents and law firms to prepare for Controller hearings and official submissions

Skills

Patent search

Patent analysis

Drafting patents

Docket management

External counsel coordination

Technical drafting

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a person who can help the legal team in managing ePlanes patents and trademark portfolios alongside general intellectual property assets. The successful candidate will assist in managing searches, drafting patents, lifecycle filings, docket management, and external counsel coordination to protect company assets.

Responsibilities

• Conduct novelty/patentability searches, prior art searches, state-of-the-art studies, and invalidity searches
• Assist in performing Freedom-to-Operate analysis and patent clearance for new technologies and innovations used in our products.
• Prepare technology landscape reports and competitor patent tracking summaries to support R&D decision-making.
• Interact with internal engineers, researchers, and inventors to review Invention Disclosure Forms (IDFs) and evaluate patentability.
• Assist in drafting provisional and complete patent specifications (including detailed technical descriptions, drawings, and claims) across relevant engineering or scientific domains
• Review Examination Reports and Office Actions from the Indian Patent Office and global patent offices.
• Draft technical responses and counter-arguments to overcome objections
• Coordinate with registered patent agents and law firms to prepare for Controller hearings and official submissions

Requirements

• 2 years of hands-on experience in patent search, analysis, and draft preparation in a corporate IP cell, law firm setting.
• Sound understanding of domestic and international patent procedures (PCT system).
• Proficiency in reading and analyzing complex technical literature and patent claims.
• Strong analytical reasoning and technical drafting abilities.
• Excellent written English and articulation skills for communicating technical nuances clearly.
• Attention to deadline tracking and multi-project docket management