Patent Analyst

Job description

Country: United Kingdom
Location: Southampton
Function: Group Research & Development
Level: Graduate
Appointment Type: Permanent

 

Overview

 

Original ideas, pioneering science, state-of-the-art facilities and a total focus on delivering for our consumers. These are the driving forces behind British American Tobacco Research and Development (R&D). It’s how we improve our current portfolio; it’s how we’re creating our offer of potentially reduced-risk products. But there’s a long way between the first spark of inspiration and a market-ready product. Join us on this journey and we’ll provide you with the cutting-edge technologies and tools to make an international impact – as you take responsibility for your own work and grow your career in a culture of innovation. This is your chance to transform consumer choice in a function that has benefitted from tremendous investment. Now, let us invest in you.

 

Job Purpose

 

This role is responsible for supporting both R&D and the Patents team by assessing third party patents and communicating their potential relevance to R&D project teams. This will help inform R&D about the patent landscape in various technical areas, potential freedom to operate issues and provide intelligence on competitor activity and trends.

 

Principal Accountabilities

 

·  Support and work alongside the Device Engineering Patent Manager and other patent analysts handling the various search and analysis requests from the R&D and Patents teams
·  Undertake analysis of third-party patent rights to determine whether they will impact BAT’s current, planned and future innovation activities working in close collaboration with R&D and patent colleagues
·  Undertake patent landscape searching and analysis to support the Patenting Strategy Process
·  Support competitor intelligence activities by analyzing both BAT and third-party patent rights to determine key areas of competitor activity and trends
·  Communicate clearly and effectively the outputs from the analyses performed to key stakeholders
·  Ensure on time and in full delivery of the output from each R&D/Patents query
·  Ensure effective prioritization of queries. 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

 

·  Physics, engineering (electronic/ electrical) background, at least to degree level - master in Intellectual Property Management is an advantage
·  Experience in analyzing scientific documents and summarizing key information derived from them
·  Demonstrate high levels of collaboration skills and ability to work with a range of stakeholders from both R&D and the Patents team
·  Advanced IT skills and the ability to work with and handle high volumes of complex data
·  Excellent attention to detail and a real interest in patents and learning how to undertake advanced patent searching
·  Excellent analytical, presentation and communication skills, in particular the ability to present complex information in an easy to understand form.

 

Benefits

 

·  Base salary from £34,480 to £43,100 per year, depending of relevant experience
·  Bonus target up to 25% of annual base salary
·  25 days annual leave
·  Participation in Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme
·  Participation in Company Share Reward Scheme
·  Company Pension Scheme
·  Private Healthcare Cover
·  Eligibility for Company Flexible Benefits Scheme.

 

If you want to experience a fast-paced work environment that’s leading the industry, you can look forward to a wealth of opportunities to fulfil your potential and develop your career in return.

 

British American Tobacco is one of the world’s leading multinational companies, with brands sold in over 200 markets, made in 44 factories in 42 countries.

We are proud that we are consistently among the top 5 companies on the London Stock Exchange.

Our portfolio includes our world-famous Global Drive Brands – Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans – along with many other leading international brands, such as Vogue, Peter Stuyvesant and State Express 555.

Alongside our traditional tobacco business, we are also developing products that offer consumers potentially less risky alternatives to regular cigarettes. Our Next Generation Products are already leading the way in the Industry of vapour and tobacco heating devices. We continue to develop a solid portfolio of consumer solutions which already include well known global brands like Vype, glo and Voke.