A patent attorney working within the Policy, Protection and Exploitation Team within Defence Intellectual Property Rights (DIPR), working alongside one other patent attorney managing the patent portfolio and associated licensing activity.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Joint management of the Ministry of Defence’s patenting and technology licensing functions. Joint responsibility for managing MOD’s patent portfolio, including invention harvesting, patent prosecution, maintenance and renewals, exploitation activities and enforcement. Provision of policy, training and guidance on the protection and exploitation of MOD inventions and related intellectual property. Provision of relevant IP services to OGDs, as required.

All patent attorneys with the MOD are expected to post rotate over time so the successful candidate must recognise that they will be required to get involved in all areas of DIPR’s work. Longer term, the successful candidate will be expected to engage in the intellectual property aspects of contracts advice and intellectual property policy setting areas of DIPR, which entails provision of a far broader range of intellectual property advice well beyond what a patent attorney would usually cover. It is therefore essential that the successful candidate has an interest in developing their skill set further rather than only covering patents work. It is an interesting opportunity for a patent attorney looking to add further strings to their bow.

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Ability to:

• Identify, record and protect inventions made across MOD (including AWE), and file for patent protection in the UK and overseas as appropriate to meet the needs of the business.
• Jointly manage MOD’s patent prosecution activities (including contentious matters such as Oppositions), and the maintenance and renewal of MOD’s patent portfolio, ensuring that MOD maintains appropriate protection for its intellectual property, whilst ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.
• Jointly manage MOD’s relationship with its external patent agents in the UK and overseas.
• Put in place and manage arrangements to exploit MOD patents and technology, including by granting licences to use said MOD IP on the commercial market to generate income, engaging with other MOD stakeholders and external licensing agents (such as Ploughshare) where appropriate.
• Engage relevant stakeholders to make sure that the MOD’s ideas and invention submission processes are robust and appropriate the meet the department’s needs.
• Provide policy, training and guidance on the protection and exploitation of MOD inventions and related intellectual property, both to staff within DIPR, and in the wider MOD.
• Potential line management of 1 x patent attorney trainee, providing supervision and training to assist them to qualify as a patent attorney.
• Fulfil the role of Responsible Officer for all allocated invention submissions/patent applications, ensuring all drafting and prosecution actions are completed within the specified deadlines and avoiding any unnecessary loss of rights or additional costs.
• Provide patent and IP services to other government departments as required.
• Carry out other tasks in support of DIPR DepHd PPE as required.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Leadership

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• IPR1 (Practitioner Level) - Apply Intellectual Property (IP) law and regulation as interpreted by case law.
• IPR3 (Practitioner Level) - Can advise on value and/or relevance of IP, and can manage IP activities

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

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Job contact :

Name :
Emma Gardner
Email :
emma.gardner336@mod.gov.uk
Telephone :
0300 157 2909

Recruitment team

Email :
DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk