Patent Search Senior Analyst

About the role

Clarivate is looking for a Patent Search Senior Analyst to join its IP Search Team in Noida. The analyst supports Fortune 100 clients across the intellectual property lifecycle, working on projects such as prior-art searching (patentability, validity, invalidity), evidence-of-use and freedom-to-operate searches in the chemistry/pharmaceutical domain. The team has more than 30 members reporting to a Senior Manager or Director, and the work mode is hybrid.

Key responsibilities

• Provide patent search and analytics services to clients, helping them answer legal and business questions about IP and reducing their operating costs.
• Execute searches of low, medium and high complexity to support decisions on patentability (novelty), state of the art, freedom-to-operate, (in)validity and patent analytics.
• Perform qualitative technical analysis of patents and non-patent literature and identify the most relevant prior art through a complete search strategy.
• Build IP and patent/non-patent literature database knowledge through training and knowledge-sharing sessions, and keep technical skills up to date.
• Collaborate with customers, meet internal deadlines and contribute to team KPIs and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a scientific, technical or related field.
• 2 years of IP service experience and intermediate knowledge of US, European and/or other jurisdiction patent law.
• Expertise in using patent and non-patent literature search databases.
• Ability to quickly grasp the technical nuances of a patent disclosure and distinguish it from prior art.
• Preferred: M.Sc., M.Tech, M.E. or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pharma or Chemical engineering.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MS Word and MS Excel.
• Nice to have: advanced Excel including charts, graphs, data handling, VBA and Power BI.