Director, Patent Attorney – Genetics Medicines

Role Summary

The Director, Patent Attorney will partner with our research teams in development, protection, and management of the company’s valuable intellectual property in the field of genetic medicines. These genetic medicines are designed to alter genomes and/or gene expression, enabling gene expression, silencing, or editing, and hold promise for treating a variety of diseases and medical conditions. The role will focus on protecting significant therapeutics in clinical development and innovations in genetic medicine technologies, including CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense technologies, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies.

Responsibilities

• Independently collaborating with top-tier scientists and business units to identify inventions relating to genetics medicines therapeutics and/or the technologies that underly such therapeutics, coordinating patent filings and prosecution, and protecting trade secrets.
• Handle administrative patent actions, including post-grant oppositions in Europe, and other intellectual property matters, such as due diligence, landscape analyses, freedom-to-operate analyses, and validity assessments.
• Advise on emerging legal issues, stay updated on case law and legislative changes, and contribute to projects that uphold the highest legal and ethical standards in the IP Department.
• Identify and capture new inventions in CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies.
• Work with outside counsel to prepare and prosecute US and international patent applications.
• Conduct patent landscape, freedom-to-operate, validity, and patentability assessments for Regeneron‚Äôs genetic medicines.
• Manage US and foreign administrative patent actions (e.g., post-grant oppositions, third-party submissions, inter partes reviews).
• Assist in litigation activities as needed.
• Support due diligence projects, agreements, transactional work, administrative initiatives, and policy questions.

Qualifications

• A progressive career collaborating with top-tier scientists and business units to coordinate patent filings, protect trade secrets, and handle administrative patent actions, including post-grant oppositions in Europe.
• Significant experience advising on emerging legal issues, staying updated on case law and legislative changes, and contributing to projects that uphold the highest legal and ethical standards.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Ability to handle a large and complex docket with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional communication skills, including presentation, interpersonal, writing, and conflict resolution.

Education

• Ph.D. in life sciences (e.g., molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, immunology, neuroscience) with significant research experience.
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and admitted to practice before the USPTO and licensed to practice law in at least one state (preferably NY).
• At least 5 years of experience in biotechnology patent law in a law firm or corporate law department with a minimum 3 years of experience in patent application preparation and prosecution in the biological arts in a law firm setting.