Patent Attorney

Patent Attorney

Ericsson is a world leader in the rapidly changing environment of communications technology – by providing hardware, software, and services to enable the full value of connectivity. We are on the quest for easy; creating game-changing technology that is easy to use, adopt and scale.

Working in 175 countries, with over 100,000 employees, Ericsson develops the innovations and establishes the standards that bring a positive change for the society. Ericsson has more than 45,000 granted patents and more than 100 licensing agreements in place, bringing very substantial revenues for the company and enabling continued innovation at a high pace.

We are ideally looking for a UK nationally qualified/European Patent Attorney, with a good first degree in electrical engineering, physics, telecom, computer science or similar to expand the UK Patent Unit based in Guildford, Surrey. Candidates should preferably have an interest or background in Cybersecurity, Media coding, End User Device functions or Machine learning/AI. General ICT knowledge is also advantageous.”

Already possessing patent drafting and prosecution experience, you may now be looking to put to real use your commercial understanding of patents and their strategic relevance in identifying, protecting and supporting the commercial exploitation of the company’s patentable inventions.

A strong emphasis on team-based methodology is prevalent within Ericsson, and your role will involve working cooperatively with friendly teams in primarily Sweden, India and the UK, but also with the teams in other parts of the world. With excellent interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to relate comfortably at all levels within the company, and to work effectively as an integral member of a team. General tasks would, for example, be claim charting, drafting and prosecution of PCT and EP application, handling applications/patents in other parts of the world, licensing support and evaluation of inventions.

If you would like to discuss the role in further detail please contact Fredrik Egrelius at: fredrik.egrelius@ericsson.com

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Hiring Manager: Fredrik Egrelius
Job details: Job Stage 07