Anthropic•7 days ago
IP Counsel, Life Sciences Patents
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
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This role is tailored for an experienced life sciences patent attorney eager to pioneer novel IP strategies at the boundary of AI and biology.
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Candidates should possess a strong background in patent prosecution within biotech, pharma, or specialized law firms, alongside direct exposure to complex inventorship and interdisciplinary resea
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Those lacking formal life sciences training or substantial patent drafting experience in the biological or chemical fields should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Manage patent strategy and filings for Anthropic’s life sciences research in the U.S. and internationally, including invention harvesting, filing decisions
- 2Serve as the trusted patent advisor to our life science research teams, and design and implement scalable guidance and processes to support our fast-growin
- 3Make inventorship determinations for AI-assisted research, and advise on inventor declarations and the duty of candor
- 4Develop claim and filing strategies across biological and chemical inventions, platform technologies, and computational methods, accounting for written des
- 5Partner with Research Legal and Communications on the timing of publications, preprints, presentations, and open-source releases
- 6Advise on the patent aspects of agreements with life science and biopharma counterparties, including ownership of inventions and improvements, and support
Skills Matrix
Must-Have Skills
Law Degree(JD)
Life Sciences Degree
Patent Prosecution
Nice-to-Have Skills
AI/ML Experience
Advanced Degree
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