Executive – Intellectual Property & Trademarks Management

Ubifly Technologies; Chennai; Sur place; INR 800 000 - 1 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The ePlane Company, incubated at IIT Madras, seeks an Executive – Intellectual Property & Trademarks Management to safeguard and manage its patent and trademark portfolios. You will support searches, drafting, docket management, and coordination with external counsel.

You will work with engineers and researchers to evaluate invention disclosures, draft patent specifications, and handle Office Actions across Indian and international offices.

Qualifications

• Experience in patent searches, analysis, and draft preparation in corporate IP cell or law firm.
• Understanding of domestic and international patent procedures (PCT).
• Ability to read and analyze complex technical literature and patent claims.
• Strong analytical reasoning and technical drafting abilities.
• Excellent written English and communication of technical nuances.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and docket tracking.

Responsabilités

• Conduct novelty and patentability searches, prior art studies, and state-of-the-art reviews.
• Perform Freedom-to-Operate analysis and patent clearance for new technologies.
• Prepare technology landscape reports and competitor patent tracking summaries for R&D decisions.
• Interact with engineers and inventors to review IDFs and assess patentability.
• Draft provisional and complete patent specifications with detailed drawings and claims.
• Review Examination Reports and Office Actions from Indian and global patent offices.
• Draft technical responses and counter-arguments to overcome objections.
• Coordinate with patent agents and law firms for hearings and submissions.

Connaissances

Patent search

Patent analysis

Patent drafting

Docket management

IP law understanding

Formation

LLB/LLM with IP specialization

Outils

Patent databases

Legal research tools

Description du poste

Executive – Intellectual Property & Trademarks Management

The ePlane Company is at the forefront of India's urban air mobility revolution. Incubated at IIT Madras, we are a deep-tech startup dedicated to designing and building the world's most compact electric flying taxi. Our mission is to make door-to-door flying a reality, drastically reducing commute times and decongesting our cities for a cleaner, greener future. We're a passionate team of engineers, designers, and visionaries working on cutting-edge technology, and we're looking for brilliant minds to help us take flight.

Chart the Course for the Future of Flight

We are seeking a person who can help the legal team in managing ePlane’s 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.

Roles and 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

Required Qualifications

• ~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