Patent Counsel, Intellectual Property - Remote Considered

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Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. At Beckman Coulter, a Danaher company, we’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates.

We are dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and health care forward for more than 80 years. We offer instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services that hospitals, physician’s offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings use to diagnose disease and make treatment decisions. Our products are making a difference. Have the opportunity to build a significant career, be creative, and try new things with the support needed to be successful. Find the , which makes everything possible.

At Beckman Coulter, at the heart of what we do, witness our shared purpose—helping realize life’s potential—in action. Our work helps improve millions of lives.

What you find at Beckman Coulter —and within yourself — might just change the world!

This role requires a positive attitude with collegial work style, results-oriented, responsive client-service, superior work ethic and personal accountability. If you are an innovative patent agent or patent attorney who understands hematology and wants to pioneer IP in the diagnostics space – read on!

This role reports to the Vice President of Intellectual Property, Beckman Coulter, and will be providing intellectual property support to Beckman’s Research and Development organization in Miami, FL or Remote will be considered. Interact extensively with Hematology R&D, Program and Product Management and provide counsel and services to ensure that the organization is protecting its innovations and mitigating risk as to third party Intellectual Property.

This role also includes the following opportunity to:

Advise, counsel, and actively participate in the development of a strategic, global, Intellectual Property portfolio (including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets) for Beckman Coulter’s Hematology business, with emphasis on procuring protection of hardware and software relating to Beckman’s hematology analyzers.

Prepare and prosecute patents.

Drive invention disclosure processes with R&D and participate in IP review meetings.

Monitor third party Intellectual Property to provide competitive intelligence reports and possible technology opportunities to the business as well as to ensure freedom to operate.

Collaborate with Beckman Coulter’s global intellectual property team on the above.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university in Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or other science.

Prior in-house experience

5-7 years of legal experience in Intellectual Property, with experience in both procurement and analysis of patents.

Registered to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Beckman Coulter, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to associates lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs add to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at .

Accelerate your career while driving innovation that improves lives. Work hard and try new things, with guidance from committed leaders, powerful DBS tools, and the support of a global organization. With 67,000 associates across the globe, the possibilities for growth and development are unparalleled.

We believe that creativity and innovation thrive when the most diverse set of voices are heard, and that’s why we’re taking concrete steps to ensure that we’re fostering an inclusive and engaging workplace. To learn more, read stories from our associates on our or contact one of our recruiters.