Associate Patent Examiner

22 hours ago

Singapore IPOS INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. Full time

**Associate Patent Examiner (ICT), Patent Search, Examination and Analytics, IPOS International
Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a powerful brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul. Housing Singapore’s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and for the future. We leverage our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas of today, into the assets of tomorrow.

**About IPOS International**

IPOS International (IPOS Intl) is a private limited company fully owned by IPOS, committed to building Singapore’s future growth as a global hub for intellectual property creation, protection and management. We serve the public sector, investors, private enterprises, not-for-profits, service providers and individuals through patent search and analysis, training and IP management services. Together, we amplify creativity and enable innovation, to realise tangible economic and social value from intangible assets.

**How you can contribute**

Reporting to the Division Lead, you will join a team of highly skilled and talented professionals to help enterprises innovate and grow by ensuring the grant of high-quality patents.

**Role**

**Responsibilities
**_Core Responsibilities _**
- Conduct searches of the state-of-the-art using specialised databases to investigate whether an invention is new;
- Conduct substantive examination to ensure an invention complies with patentability criteria required for a patent to be granted;
- Communicate with applicants or their patent agents through written opinions to present examination outcomes;
- Consider submissions filed in response to written opinions to advance the prosecution, conducting interviews with applicants or their patent agents to clarify positions where necessary.

**_General Responsibilities _**
- Formulate search strategies for uncovering prior art documents in a cost-efficient manner;
- Communicate, in writing and verbally, technical and legal arguments, to facilitate prosecution;
- Discuss and offer technical expertise to peers for inventions that cut across technological domains;
- Keep pace with technological developments.

**Are you the one? Please write to us if you have/are**:

- A strong foundation in science or engineering;
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills;
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally;
- Driven to excel and meet challenges;
- Strong interpersonal skills, leadership qualities and a team player who can be part of a network of technical experts.

**In particular, we are looking for someone to join our team with**:

- At least a good class Honours degree in Science or Engineering;
- Familiarity in wireless communication, or audio/video coding standards such as 3GPP, IEEE would be a plus;
- Experience in patent prosecution or completion of Specialist Certificate in Intangible Asset Management/Master of IP and Innovation Management would be an advantage.

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