Director,PatentAttorney

The Director, Patent Attorney will partner with our research teams in development, protection, and management of the company’s valuable intellectual property in the field of genetic medicines. These genetic medicines are designed to alter genomes and/or gene expression, enabling gene expression, silencing, or editing, and hold promise for treating a variety of diseases and medical conditions. The role will focus on protecting significant therapeutics in clinical development and innovations in genetic medicine technologies, including CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense technologies, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies. Key responsibilities for the Patent Attorney include independently collaborating with top-tier scientists and business units to identify inventions relating to genetics medicines therapeutics and/or the technologies that underly such therapeutics, coordinating patent filings and prosecution, and protecting trade secrets. You will handle administrative patent actions, including post-grant oppositions in Europe, and other intellectual property matters, such as due diligence, landscape analyses, freedom-to-operate analyses, and validity assessments. The role also involves advising on emerging legal issues, staying updated on case law and legislative changes, and contributing to projects that uphold the highest legal and ethical standards in the IP Department. _**This role will require 4 days per week onsite at our Global HQ Campus in Tarrytown, NY. This is not available as a fully remote / hybrid work.**_ **A typical day may include:** * Identify and capture new inventions in CRISPR/Cas genome engineering, anti-sense, antibody-targeted therapeutics, and recombineering technologies. * Work with outside counsel to prepare and prosecute US and international patent applications. * Conduct patent landscape, freedom-to-operate, validity, and patentability assessments for Regeneron’s genetic medicines. * Manage US and foreign ad