Patent Attorney

C20 Cochlear Americas (USA); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical device company in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Patent Attorney to lead patent strategy and innovation in AI workflows. Candidates should possess 6–10 years' experience and a background in law and engineering. This role offers global stakeholder engagement and professional growth opportunities in a dynamic setting.

Benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Impactful work at the intersection of AI and law

Collaboration with global experts

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience as a registered patent attorney.
• Minimum technical background in biomedical, electrical, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or physics.
• Proven track record in global patent drafting, office actions, and filings.

Responsibilities

• Globally prosecute patent applications.
• Conduct prior-art searches and provide patentability analyses.
• Develop AI prompts and agents for drafting claims and summarizing inventions.
• Lead invention disclosure sessions and support the IP committee.
• Collaborate with R&D engineers to drive IP strategy.

Skills

Patent prosecution

Prior-art searches

AI tools experience

Stakeholder facilitation

Communication skills

Curiosity about technology

Education

Bachelor of Law

Job description

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.

A fantastic opportunity for a Patent Attorney to work in Cochlear Malaysia. In this role, you will leverage specialist knowledge to help implementation and refinement of patent acquisition and generation strategies for Cochlear’s world-leading medical devices. This aspect of the role requires direct engagement with internal and external stakeholders worldwide, including Australia, Europe and the USA. You will also support Cochlear's IP department by developing and managing AI patenting tools.

Key Responsibilities:

Globally prosecute patent applications (exposure to US, EU, China market is ideal to have).

Conduct prior-art searches and provide patentability or freedom-to-operate analyses.

Develop and refine AI prompts and agents to draft claims, summarize inventions, or classify technologies.

Lead invention disclosure sessions and strategically support the IP committee.

Collaborate with R&D engineers and manage outside counsel to drive IP strategy.

Key Requirements:

Possess at least 6–10 years of experience as a registered patent attorney, both in private practice and in-house.

Minimum technical background in bio-medical, electrical, mechanical engineering, mechatronics or physics.

Graduated in Bachelor of Law or equivalent courses (ideal to have).

Proven track record in global patent drafting, office actions, and filings.

Experience with AI tools or having high level curiosity to learn technology — prompt design and testing (no coding required).

Excellent English communication and stakeholder facilitation skills.

Growth mindset, curiosity about emerging tech.

Why You’ll Love It

Work at the intersection of AI innovation and patent law.

Drive forward AI-powered IP workflows and influence global filing strategies.

Collaborate with top-tier practitioners worldwide.

Opportunity for professional growth through AI, IP strategy, and leadership exposure.

Cochlear Malaysia provides shared services to support Cochlear’s global operations. The growing team of professionals in Malaysia provides critical support in areas such as IT infrastructure and applications, development and testing, business intelligence development and support, procurement, customer service, service and repairs and returned device analysis engineering.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

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We're the global leader in implantable hearing solutions. We have provided more than 600,000 implantable devices, helping people of all ages to lead full and active lives.

Our Mission

We help people hear and be heard. We empower people to connect with others and live a full life. We help transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss. We innovate and bring to market a range of implantable hearing solutions that deliver a lifetime of hearing outcomes.