Senior Associate General Counsel

At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. Our mission is to make surgery more effective, less invasive, and easier on surgeons, patients, and their families.

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority.

Job Description

The Senior Director, Patent Prosecution will bring exceptional patent preparation and prosecution skills and will manage Intuitive’s global patent prosecution efforts. In addition to providing business-centric legal advice, the Senior Director, Patent Prosecution will develop, manage, and execute comprehensive patent protection strategies for the Company’s portfolio of products.

The Senior Director will be responsible for helping to lead Intuitive’s efforts to grow its patent portfolio, while setting strategic direction and priorities alongside legal and business leaders. This attorney will also be responsible for providing advice on patent-related matters to Company’s legal and business teams, and training business teams on the importance of obtaining protection for valuable inventions.

Essential Job Duties

• Manage the prosecution of Intuitive’s global patent portfolio across various product and technology areas, including invention harvesting, review, and strategic portfolio assessment.
• Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsel to prepare and prosecute patents.
• Collaborate with and develop internal patent prosecution teams.
• Guide Intuitive’s efforts to optimize its portfolio through patent workshops and other educational and strategic activities.
• Advise stakeholders on strategic patent-related issues.
• Network with other patent legal leaders globally to assess and benchmark best practices in prosecution.
• Make efforts to stay current with patent law developments.
• Support Intuitive’s legal and business teams on patent-related issues and train teams on the importance of obtaining protection for Company’s valuable inventions.
• Analyze technical trends and developments in the medical and surgical robotics industry and apply this analysis to the strategic direction of Company’s patent portfolio.
• Partner with team members at all levels of the global organization and develop positive and collaborative relationships with engineering, product management and legal teams to support the patent prosecution program.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Additional Requirements

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

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