The opportunity
AI has the power to dramatically accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and the development of healthcare interventions. Alongside the models and tools we build for scientists, Anthropic’s life science research teams now run their own wet lab experiments.
What you'll do
Manage patent strategy and filings for Anthropic’s life sciences research in: the U.S. and internationally, including invention harvesting, filing decisions, drafting oversight, prosecution, and management of outside counsel
Serve as the trusted patent advisor to our life science research teams, and: design and implement scalable guidance and processes to support our fast-growing life science efforts
Make inventorship determinations for AI-assisted research, and advise on: inventor declarations and the duty of candor
Develop claim and filing strategies across biological and chemical: inventions, platform technologies, and computational methods, accounting for written description, enablement, eligibility, and obviousness
Partner with Research Legal and Communications on the timing of publications,: preprints, presentations, and open-source releases
Advise on the patent aspects of agreements with life science and biopharma: counterparties, including ownership of inventions and improvements, and support patent diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses for our research
What they're looking for
- + years of patent experience (including time as a patent agent, technical: specialist, or examiner) at a law firm, a biotech or pharmaceutical company, or both, with the ability to operate independently and hit the ground running
- Advanced degree in a life sciences or chemistry field
- Experience with AI/ML companies, or with inventions at the boundary of biology and machine learning
- Working knowledge of how patents interact with regulatory exclusivity, trade secrets, and open science
- Familiarity with biosecurity, dual-use research, or export control considerations in the life sciences
- Experience leveraging AI to optimize their work, with a desire to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment