Canon Europe are looking for a European Patent Attorney. In this role, you will be providing high-quality, timely, flexible, and cost-efficient patent services including drafting, filing, prosecution, opposition, appeals, and freedom to operate searching.
Responsibilities include:
1. Filing and prosecution of Canon Inc (CINC) originating European, UK, and foreign patent applications, including participation in UK Intellectual Property Office hearings and oral proceedings at the European Patent Office.
2. Liaising with patent engineers in Japan to coordinate prosecution strategies in the UK and Europe.
3. Providing patent support for digital standardization work carried out by Canon Research France (CRF), including technologies like video coding (HEVC/VVC), video streaming (MPEG-DASH), wireless communications (5G and Wi-Fi 802.11), and connected vehicles.
4. Working directly with engineers at CRF to draft, file, and prosecute patent applications targeting features of digital standards.
5. Handling invention harvesting, drafting, prosecution, freedom to operate, licensing, and enforcement.
6. Providing advice or support in relation to general IP matters, which may involve some travel, predominantly within Europe.
7. Engagement with internal CPD activities (internal education seminars).
What we give:
With Canon, you'll get the support and encouragement you need to grow, from people who share your ambition. We'll invest in your professional development to help you learn and progress in your role with us. You'll find leaders who give you the freedom to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly.
At Canon, we have a clear vision: to be committed to creating a more inclusive and equitable culture where employees are valued and can thrive personally and professionally. Canon also has a strong commitment to sustainability, encompassed by our Kyosei philosophy of living and working together for the common good, focused on reducing our environmental impact and creating opportunities to make positive social contributions.
Here are some of the benefits we offer at Canon to support our employees’ wellbeing:
* Annual Bonus and annual pay review
* Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.
* Flexible core hours – starting anytime between 07:30am and 10am and finishing any time after 16:00, providing the standard 7.5 hours have been worked.
* Minimum of 25 days of personal holiday per year with up to 5 days of available holiday purchase
* Private Healthcare and wider medical plan
* Up to 38% Discount on Canon products
* Flexible benefits policy
* Free parking on site
* Highly Subsidised Costa Coffee on site
* Multi-Faith room
* Discounted rates at Nuffield Health Gym
* Partnership with Mental Health First Aid UK with a network of mental health champions
* Great transport links- Elizabeth Line and Stockley Park low-cost Shuttle Bus
You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than 50 different nationalities at our state-of-the-art EMEA HQ at Stockley Park, Uxbridge.
What we ask:
* Minimum of a university degree in a technical subject.
* Fully or part qualified European and UK patent attorney.
* Relevant working experience as a patent engineer or attorney, for example in a private practice or an in-house patent department.
* Experience or interest in digital standards and/or standard essential patents work would be advantageous.
* Some knowledge of AI technologies and patent law preferred but not essential.
* Some experience or knowledge of foreign (non-UK/EP) patent prosecution preferred.
* Strong analytical and organisational skills.
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy essential.
* Ability to understand business needs and risk.
* Ability to analyse and adapt processes in order to improve efficiency and minimise risk.
* Strong IT skills, including in Microsoft applications, particularly MS Excel and MS Access.
* Time management skills to balance multiple concurrent tasks/projects.
* Ability to work independently.
* Ability to think outside the box.
* Ability to supervise others' workload.
* In addition to relevant local language(s), proficiency in English at working level required; where English is local language, proficiency in a 2nd European language preferred.
You will need:
* Apply High Standards of Accuracy
* Communicate Effectively
* Create Insight
* Focus on the Customer
* Respond Flexibly
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