PATENT ENGINEER

We are looking for a Patent Engineer to join the Industrial Property Research team at our Ecully site.

As a Patent Engineer, your main missions will be to:  

Contribute towards product launches by minimising the risk of incrimination for counterfeiting, which involves a preliminary study of freedom of exploitation;

Protect Groupe SEB innovations in order to retain a competitive advantage, by carrying out the following steps:

• Clarify requests from internal clients, highlight the technical problem solved by the innovation, demonstrate the triple criteria for patenting potential;
• Write up requests in such a way as to expand the scope of the invention as much as possible. These must conform with INPI (France), EPO (Europe) and WIPO (world) regulations;
• Ensure the smooth operation of the entire procedure and the various stages leading up to obtaining the patent;
• Manage the budget for the portfolio of patents in your charge.
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Defend the patent in the event of opposition;

Assess declarations of presumed counterfeits from competitors by carrying out an in-depth comparison of their product’s features in relation to the claims made in the patents for the corresponding Group products;

Decide on the follow-up procedure for accusations of counterfeiting formulated by competitors, by using an in-depth analysis of the validity of their patents and working alongside a legal expert for Groupe SEB;

Validate the Industrial Property clauses in partnership, licensing contracts etc., working alongside the Legal Department;

Get involved in analysing the IP monitoring shared with R&D.