Licensing Associate

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Licensing Associate
The candidate will be responsible for the commercialization of research innovations. Will work on management and administration of a portfolio of intellectual property, which involves identifying, soliciting, and evaluating invention disclosures and copyrighted material submissions for patent and market potential, prioritizing investments in the portfolio, and negotiating and administering option and license agreements. Responsible for using best practices to ensure all transactions meet high quality of professional criteria including all pertinent policies, regulations, and laws associated with the management of intellectual property. Manage a portfolio of university intellectual property in engineering and physical sciences Encourage and evaluate invention disclosures. Oversee the filing and management of patent applications. Prioritize cases for utilization of internal technology marketing resources, mentor and supervise student interns. Negotiate, and draft and enforce license, option, interinstitutional and other IP agreements. Analyze and advise on all patent prosecution decisions within individual portfolio. Strategic planning, in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Licensing, for patent decisions and strategy. Analyze and manage University inventions including assessing technical merit, patentability, copyright ownership and management, commercial feasibility, and overall management of campus inventions. Develop a thorough understanding of in-house commercialization resources in order to identify candidates and make referrals. Work with the Office of Contracts and Grants to ensure IP strategies for commercialization are well aligned with IP clauses in sponsored research contracts. Provide information and advice to investigators, students, and other administrative staff on matters involving intellectual property policies, procedures and decisions. Confer with campus administrative staff and investigators on intellectual property protection and licensing. Coordinate procedures to ensure compliance with rules, regulations, laws, university and state policies, and all contractual obligations. Maintain a caseload of inventions and copyrighted materials, and administer patent and license functions for this caseload. Use communications and computer database tools to track and convey issues and decisions about invention disclosures, copyrighted materials, patent applications, patent prosecution, patent issuance and maintenance, and all contractual agreements and financial arrangements related to a particular technology. Solicit and evaluate proposals for proof of concept funding. Play a role in administering the Lab Venture Challenge grant program. Where appropriate, participate in the formation of new business opportunities (start-ups) arising from University intellectual property, direct student interns to write business plans, and develop programs to expand university's collaborations with the private sector. Interface with outside entrepreneurial resources, including accelerators, incubators, mentor networks, and investors. Collaborate with entrepreneurial resources on campus to integrate intellectual property asset development with faculty and student entrepreneurship. Assist with the daily operations of the Technology Transfer Office.

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