Patent Agent, IP Strategy

Abbott; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 113,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with high employer/ret

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Career development

Diversity accolades

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Patent Agent to help lead IP strategy within the General Counsel division. This on-site role spans patent data analytics, portfolio decisions, and cross-functional collaboration across medical devices, diagnostics, and nutrition tech.

The ideal candidate will own IP strategy workstreams, build dashboards, and translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, data science, or related field.
• Registration to practice before the USPTO.
• 10+ years of experience in patent analytics, IP strategy, or data analytics.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable dashboards.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own IP Strategy workstreams from scoping through execution and align with leadership needs.
• Proactively communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders.
• Aggregate, clean, and analyze patent data to support portfolio reviews and planning.
• Develop repeatable analytical frameworks and dashboards for structured insights.
• Improve data acquisition, organization, and governance for patent analytics.
• Evaluate AI-enabled tool adoption to streamline patent analysis and insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Independent project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, data science

USPTO registration

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

• At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Patent Agent, IP Strategy

This role is onsite located in Willis Tower (Chicago, IL), St Paul, MN, or Santa Clara, CA.

Abbott is seeking a patent agent with strong analytical skills to help advance IP strategy and strengthen patent portfolios.

This role sits at the intersection of patent strategy and data analytics, helping shape how the IP Strategy team uses patent data to inform portfolio decisions and support business priorities.

The ideal candidate enjoys working with large datasets, identifying patterns, developing analytical frameworks, and translating complex information into clear, decision-ready insights. Candidates may bring deeper experience in either patent practice or data analytics but should demonstrate the curiosity, technical fluency, and judgment to operate effectively across both disciplines.

Responsibilities

Project Ownership & Strategic Execution

• Own assigned IP Strategy workstreams from scoping through execution, ensuring outputs align with business priorities, leadership needs, and patent portfolio objectives.
• Proactively communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs; recommended actions to stakeholders.

Patent Data Analysis & Insights

• Aggregate, clean, and analyze patent-related datasets to support IP Strategy projects, portfolio reviews, strategic planning, and leadership discussions.
• Develop repeatable analytical frameworks and dashboards that convert complex patent data into structured insights.

Data Management

• Improve how the team acquires, organizes, and uses data from external sources and across internal systems, including identifying gaps and opportunities to improve usability, consistency, and accessibility.
• Support data governance, documentation, and repeatable processes for patent analytics work.

AI Integration & Enablement

• Evaluate opportunities to apply AI-enabled tools to IP Strategy workflows where they can improve data capture, insight generation, efficiency, consistency, or decision quality.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools to streamline patent analysis, improve insight generation, and support adoption of effective new workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, data science, or a related field; technical background sufficient to understand and analyze patent portfolios across medical devices, diagnostics, and nutrition technology areas.
• Registration to practice before the USPTO.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in patent analytics, IP strategy, patent portfolio management, patent prosecution, or data analytics in a technical or IP-related environment.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable data visualization and dashboarding tools.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience identifying patterns, trends, and business-relevant insights from complex datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality work on agreed timelines.
• Strong strategic judgment, with the ability to connect patent data, technical context, and business priorities to support well-informed decisions.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into concise narratives, dashboards, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, defining new analytical approaches, and maintaining focus on prioritized initiatives, business-critical questions, and agreed deliverables.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal

The base pay for this position is

$113,300.00 – $226,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Patents and Trademarks

DIVISION:

GENC General Counsel

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota > St. Paul > Tech Center : One St Jude Medical Drive

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr., United States > Santa Clara : Building B - SC

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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