Patent Attorney (m/f/x)
Schaan
Job reference: WD-0026912 What's the role? You will be our in-house consultant and partner for a business area in all its invention and patent related matters. Who is Hilti? For the sixth time in 11 years, Hilti has been recognized by Great Place to Work as a top employer. Founded in 1941 by the Hilti brothers, we have over 120 locations globally with 33,000 team members. We offer innovative solutions for the construction industry, emphasizing a passionate, inclusive team and a performance-driven culture. A substantial amount of our profit goes to the Hilti Foundation, promoting societal growth and sustainable impact. What does the role involve? You will be actively engaged with development teams in their development projects in fostering and identifying inventions. You will secure the inventions by patent filings, conduct all national and international patent prosecution proceedings, and take care of portfolio management. You are steering the enforcement of our intellectual property rights.
You are monitoring and analysing our competitors’ patents in close collaboration with a business area. You advise its product development in regards of third party patents and draft freedom-to-operate analyses.
You are supporting in drafting contracts within the framework of cooperation, development and licensing agreements. You’ll work with some of the industry’s most inventive companies. We are passionately technology driven on the search for innovative products. What do we offer? Joining our headquarters in Schaan, Nendeln, or Buchs connects you with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect. Our employee groups actively support causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQ+ community and offer leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis. We also provide opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally. Benefits at our headquarters include shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, financial guidance, child care, and relocation support. Why should you apply? You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, where a job title is not considered a final destination but the starting point.
You enjoy collaborating with a development team and self-reliantly building a patent portfolio for the team. What you need is:
- Completed studies in electrical engineering, physics or related fields
- Successfully completed training as a German patent attorney, successfully passed examination as a European patent attorney or US patent attorney
- Several years of experience in an industrial patent department or a patent law firm
- Strong analytical skills and structured approach to work
- Team player with excellent communication skills in an interdisciplinary and international environment
- Very good command of English
Does this sound like you? We look forward to your application! For further questions, please feel free to contact human resources Sibylle Gmeiner-Roth, Talent Acquisition Business Partner via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sibylle-gmeiner-roth/
*For non-EU / EFTA citizens: Please state your eligibility status to work in Switzerland / Liechtenstein and note that if you do not own a valid Swiss / Liechtenstein work permit, Hilti cannot guarantee your final employment due to authority regulations.
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