Research Scientist -II Head Intellectual Property Rights-Patent
SRF Ltd.
Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months
• Effectively communicating with scientists and technologists pertaining to inventions.
• Executing the searches related to patentability (novelty), validity, freedom-to-operate and infringement
• Determining the scope of searches and drafting informative reports that clarify and summarize search results
• Sustaining the proficiency with commercial patent databases and other proprietary databases that disclose the technical publications
• Conducting long-term patent landscape studies to identify trends in a technology field
• Delivering competitive intelligence by identifying potential research and licensing opportunities
• Performing the evidence-of-use studies by analysing products currently used in the market that may be infringing on a patent of internet
• Carrying out qualitative analysis of patents and patent portfolios from a legal, technical and business perspective
• Selecting fields accurately for analysis and mapping patent and non-patent literature
• Handling patent prosecution by reviewing drafts and refining grounds for opposition/ observation/re-examination against competitors' patents and patent applications
• Prosecuting patent applications at the USPTO, EPO, CIPO, IPO and other patent offices and assisting outside counsel worldwide.
• Patent Prosecution: Primary Prior art search, patentability analysis, drafting and assisting in requisite filing, FTO, infringement analysis, patent prosecution and searching worldwide patent databases for patent equivalents. Reviewed drafts and refined grounds for opposition/ observation/reexamination against competitors' patents and patent applications. Prosecuted patent applications at specifically at USPTO and instructed and assisted outside counsel worldwide.
• Identified opportunities for early launches of products through patent challenges. Developed grounds for patent invalidity and/or non-infringement for potential and ongoing litigation. Well versed with Supplementary Protection Certificates, data exclusivity, pediatric exclusivity, free movement of goods and approval of generic medicinal products.
• Patent Litigation: Reviewed briefs, motions and draft expert opinions. Suggested and strengthened invalidity and non-infringement arguments by analyzing file wrappers, searching for prior art, and researching case law on obviousness type double patenting, inherent anticipation, prosecution history estoppel and latches, inventorship, etc.
Worked as research scientist and carried out multi step organic synthesis. Carried out the knowledge management in respect to the rlevant documentation.
• Feb ’2005 - April’2005 with University of Delhi, Lecturer - Organic chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
• Oct ’2005 - April’ 2006 with University of Delhi, Lecturer - Organic chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
• July’ 2006 - April’ 2007 with University of Delhi, Lecturer - Organic chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
• Taught at Master of Science students while pursuing PhD (2001-2006)
Ph.D - Organic Chemistry (2001-2006) - University of Delhi My reserach is based on multi step organic synthesis entitled "entitled “Some Novel Synthetic Organic Transformations Using Nickel Boride, Sodium Hypochlorite and Mg-Methanol”
• Master of Science (1999 - 2001) - First division - Specialization - Organic chemistry; Hansraj College, Delhi University
• Bachelor of Science (1996 - 1999) - First division - Deshbandhu College, Chemistry Honors