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Job Information

AbbVie Corporate Counsel, Patent Prosecution in South San Francisco, California

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

AbbVie is searching for an in-house patent prosecution Counsel for our Intellectual Property Prosecution group. This position will preferably be based in our South San Francisco location with a hybrid work model (on site 3+ days/week).

Acting individually and in cross-functional teams, the in-house Counsel will develop and implement intellectual property strategies for AbbVie’s products and product candidates.

Must be able to travel to AbbVie headquarters in Chicago periodically, as required.

Responsibilities:

  • Maximize AbbVie’s competitive position through creation and implementation of intellectual property strategies

  • Provide legal advice and counsel to cross-functional R&D and business teams on a variety of IP-related matters

  • Draft, file, and prosecute strategically useful patent applications worldwide both directly and through management of outside counsel

  • Challenge and defend patents in IPR, opposition, interference, and other post-grant proceedings

  • Conduct prior art searches, analyze third-party patent positions, and conduct due diligence to support business development activities

Qualifications

  • Law degree from an accredited law school and in good standing with the state bar of the jurisdiction in which your office will be located (or ability to gain licensure in the state in which your office will be located), and registration to practice before the USPTO

  • 3+ years of experience practicing patent law as an attorney or patent agent at a law firm and/or life sciences company, including substantial U.S. and foreign patent prosecution

  • Technical background relevant for pharmaceutical patent prosecution, such as:

  • Experience with small molecule and/or biological pharmaceutical discovery & development, and/or

  • Technical degree in relevant field, such as molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering

  • Strong legal, analytical, communication, collaboration, and people skills

  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects to meet deadlines

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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