Patent Technology Specialist

The Patent Technology Specialist will support current and new businesses through intellectual property activities. Responsibilities include developing patent strategies, identifying inventions, filing patent applications and obtaining rights, investigating other companies’ products, conducting third-party patent clearance, using and enforcing rights through litigation or licensing, and preparing IP landscapes.

The role works with developers and contributes to intellectual property activities intended to advance management and business through patents. The position covers technology areas including imaging, medical technology, communications, software and solutions, printing, semiconductor devices, industrial equipment, and optical equipment.

Candidates should be interested in intellectual property activities that help develop management and business, as well as new technologies that open up business opportunities. The role also seeks people who can work persistently and creatively with developers on intellectual property work. Knowledge or work experience in a science or engineering field such as electrical engineering, information, mechanical engineering, control, software, physics, or chemistry is requested. Applicants with intellectual property work experience may be considered even without science or engineering knowledge or work experience. Business-level English reading and writing ability is required.

The intellectual property organization is redesigning patent strategies and patent portfolios to support both existing businesses and new businesses. The work may involve disputes and negotiations with overseas competitors, prosecution of foreign patent applications, international standardization meetings, and discussions with patent offices in different countries.

The position is a full-time permanent role based in Ota, Tokyo; Toride, Ibaraki; or Utsunomiya, Tochigi.