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NEXTCHEM is the Maire company's business unit dedicated to Sustainable Technology Solutions. We leverage our expertise to serve the decarbonization of industries, from transportation to agriculture, from energy to materials. The IP team of NEXTCHEM will operate in close cooperation with the IP Department already available in Stamicarbon, a Dutch based company and the licensor of all nitrogen related fertilizer technologies in NEXTCHEM, and established within the Innovation Center of the Stamicarbon organization.

We are looking for a Patent Counsel.

• Harvesting and protection of new inventions as well as, in cooperation with outside counsel, ensuring the drafting, filing and prosecution up to the grant of a patent.
• Contribute to formulating the IP strategy and, in particular, the patent strategy for new innovation projects and provide freedom to operate opinions on new technologies before introduction to the market.
• Carry out various Intellectual Property searches such as novelty, Freedom of Operation, invalidity, and opposition searches using various specialized patent and non-patent databases.
• Advise colleagues regarding patent or general IP legal issues.
• Invention harvesting (interaction with inventors): Assist Research & Technology colleagues in identifying potentially patentable inventions.
• Prepare draft claims and outline of the invention for outside counsel based on definition of invention in light of the prior art.
• Interact with inventor/outside counsel to review and finalize draft patent application.
• During prosecution of patent application interact with inventors, business and outside counsel to ensure best available protection.
• Coordinate and assist outside counsel in Oppositions and Litigation.

• You are a qualified European or US Patent attorney.
• You have a thorough technical background combined with strong analytical skills and a well-developed sense for details and priorities.
• Knowledge of and experience with one or more of NEXTCHEM's technologies, such as nitrogen fertilizer technology, hydrogen production technology, carbon capture and utilization technology, polymer technology, chemical and mechanical recycling of waste materials.
• Understanding of Patent IP administrative processes in general, including formalities concerned with National, International and Regional filings including European Grant Procedure Patent laws.
• An excellent command of the English language is essential.

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