Patent Specialist to Antaros Medical

Does working with patents and intellectual property in an innovative company within the global Life Science sector sound interesting to you? Do you have solid patent work experience and want to combine this with the bigger picture of improving drug development and patient diagnosis? Perhaps you are a person who enjoys a supportive work role in a dynamic environment? If this ticks your boxes, you should continue reading.

At Antaros Medical, we value your competence and development as well as your ideas and creativity. Relations and trust are keys to success, and it is equally important for us to have fun while doing a meaningful job. We are currently around 90 colleagues working at our offices in Mölndal and Uppsala and we are continuously growing. As a part of our growth journey, we are looking for an experienced Patent Specialist to join us in our office in Uppsala.

As a Patent Specialist, you will manage and protect Antaros Medical’s IP portfolio, including handling of patents and licenses, and overall assist VP Innovation and Patents with tasks related to patents, intellectual property and relationship management. You will be responsible for handling patent applications in different jurisdictions and for collaborations with different agencies. In addition, you will also be internally responsible for first-hand IP support and coordination.

Your main responsibilities will be:

- Efficient management of our patent portfolio and licensed patents
- Support the overall IP strategy
- Support general patent and IP-related questions
- Prior art searches
- IP landscape monitoring
- Competition and Freedom to Operate analyses
- Support in-house innovation mining


Additional responsibilities could include:

- Patent application writing
- Research and development to support patent applications
- Education of internal staff regarding patents and IP


Who are we looking for?

We believe that you have solid experience from previous work at one or several patent agencies, with significant work experience and proven knowledge of patents and patent applications. Your background might suggestively include public patent experience from PRV, as well as corporate experience, such as from consultancy.

As a person, you are supportive, communicative, and keen on engaging with colleagues as well as external contacts. You are characterized by flexibility and attentiveness towards your surroundings and have a collaborative mindset. In addition, we believe that you have analytical skills, the mindset of accuracy and details, as well as the ability to handle multiple tasks in a dynamic environment.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering such as physics, computer science, chemistry, material science, or equivalent
- Three years solid work experience of patents
- Professional English language skills


It is meritorious if you have previous work experience of patent applications related to IT, image analysis, MedTech, chemistry or PET tracers, and/or have patent agent qualifications or have a higher educational degree.

It is further beneficial if you have knowledge in image analysis, or in the imaging modalities MRI, PET, and CT, or have programming skills.

Are you interested?

Great to hear! Please submit your application via this link with a short personal letter (in English) and your CV included, no later than 8th August 2021.

For more information about the position, please contact Joel Kullberg, VP Innovation and Patents, +46 73 977 93 86.

The position is ideally based in our Uppsala office in Sweden but could possibly be placed home-based.

We only accept applications via our recruitment system, Teamtailor. The recruitment is handled by Antaros Medical.

About Antaros Medical

At Antaros Medical, we are pioneering imaging methodologies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to design and deliver clinical studies for decision making and differentiation in drug development. We are specialized in cardiorenal & metabolic diseases and oncology.

We combine ground-breaking imaging with profound experience in drug development and a deep knowledge in disease mechanisms. We have a global network of collaboration partners and customers, including both Big Pharma and Biotechs, and several European collaboration initiatives such as Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and COST. Antaros Medical has delivered small complex, mechanistic studies as well as multi-center clinical trials worldwide utilizing our innovative imaging methods. Our global headquarter and imaging Corelab are based in Sweden, and we have recently opened a subsidiary in the US.