Senior European Patent Attorney

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OMV Group

Providing pro-active cost effective IP services tailored to the needs and priorities of one or more of OMV business divisions, including interacting and managing relationships technical, commercial and legal stakeholders;
Providing objective, informed and legally competent advice and direction to the management of one or more of OMV business divisions regarding intellectual property rights, opportunities, risks and liabilities;
Maintaining an understanding of the relevant OMV business divisions, including knowledge of relevant business division and technology strategies, R&D activities and commercialization plans, portfolios of IP rights and assets;
Collaborating with OMV business divisions and Innovation & Technology leadership to align IP strategies with OMV business division strategies, the licensing business and the Innovation & Technology strategy;
Implementing IP strategies in a cost- and resource-efficient way by providing a broad range of IP advice and services;
Identifying IP risks to OMV business divisions and managing them, where appropriate in collaboration with the Legal department.

Master's degree in one of these areas: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Physics or similar;
12 years of relevant professional experience, ideally 8 years post-EQE experience;
Strong career emphasis on patent practice in the EPO and a working knowledge of patent practice in other countries and of international patent conventions;
Previous in-house experience preferred;
Must be a qualified Patent Attorney with a European and a national qualification, ideally a registered Representative before the Unified Patent Court;
Excellent written and oral communication skills;
Fluent in English, German advantageous.

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