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Applied Materials Intellectual Property Counsel 
United States, California 
469513712

02.07.2025

What We Offer

$189,000.00 - $260,000.00Santa Clara,CA

Santa Clara, CA; on-site full-time

Key Responsibilities:

  • Counsel management and technologists on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and select IP transactions (e.g., NDA, JDA, SRA)
  • Analyze IP landscapes, assess risks, and develop IP sustainability strategies
  • Manage a global patent & trademark portfolio and oversee associated drafting, prosecution, and budget
  • Collaborate with litigation colleagues on IP procurement and enforcement strategies
  • Develop programs to protect IP and achieve business goals, including training management and engineering teams
  • Lead process and policy improvements to mitigate risks and enhance effectiveness

Basic Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctorate (JD) from accredited law school
  • Bar Admissions: U.S. (CA or other state) and USPTO Registration Numbers
  • B.S. in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry or Materials Science
  • 7+ years of legal experience in law firm and/or in-house legal departments with a focus in the following areas:
    • Patent portfolio development and management in the US and foreign jurisdictions, particularly Asia
    • Drafting and negotiation of agreements involving IP provisions, including licensing, collaboration, research and similar agreements
    • Knowledge of IP law in Asian countries, including China, Korea and Taiwan
    • Experience related to IP enforcement and litigation, including claim construction, patent invalidity, and infringement analysis preferred
    • Familiar with global patent operations (e.g., patent administrations, billings, docketing practices, etc.) also preferred

Skills and Attributes:

  • Strong intellectual capacity and high personal standards of excellence
  • Strong business and technology acumen; capacity to understand the business and technology quickly
  • Understand how to translate business needs into IP portfolio development & management
  • Passionate, proactive, highly motivated self-starter
  • Ability to work independently on a wide variety of tasks and drive results
  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple competing tasks/projects at the same time
  • Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to create specific action plans based on general guidance and deliver results
  • Ability to see the big picture and identify and design-out problems from the outset; continuous improvement mindset
  • Strong customer focus, both internal and external
  • Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries, and with a diverse group of colleagues and internal clients in multiple countries
  • Ability to lead and ability to perform as part of a team
  • Flexible, personable and enjoys a dynamic corporate culture

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