Rachna Mahindru, Sales Manager

Rachna Mahindru

Sales Manager

Relynov

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Biotechnology
Experience
9 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 6 Months

Sales Manager at Relynov
  • India - Mohali
  • My current job since October 2022

Skills, Roles & Responsibilities: (Oct 2022 to Present)
• Managing team in BD, and technical projects related to IP and Market Research.
• Taking calls with the clients and demonstrating company services in detail and
showcasing analysis sample presentation(s)/report(s).
• Understanding client’s project(s) requirement and preparing proposals and calculating
pricing as per the time and analysis required in the project(s). Sharing the prepared
proposal(s) with the potential clients.
• Maintaining client relationship and conducting regular in-person/virtual meetings with the
clients.

Patent and Market Research Consultant at SME-PM
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2018 to May 2021

Skills, Roles & Responsibilities:
• Analyzing patents, Proof-of-Concept (POC), Startup technical solutions submitted by
applicants at TIP (initiative launched by The UAE Ministry of Economy and The
Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi) and Takamul platforms (Innovation
program by Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi); conducting interviews
and providing recommendations for technology transfer, commercialization and patent
protection.
• Reviewing inventions, interviewing inventors, and guiding them to file patent applications
in different jurisdictions.
Conducting Prior-art/Patentability/Novelty Searches, Validity/Invalidity Searches,
Clearance/Freedom to Operate (FTO) Searches, Evidence of Use (EoU)/Infringement
Searches, Due Diligence, Market Research, Landscape and White Space Analysis.
• Patent portfolio management of University/Organization.
• Maintaining and updating database of IDFs, patent applications, legal documents and
tracking deadlines.
• Interacting with Inventors and Patent Agents for drafting and filing of patent applications
and responding to office actions during prosecution.
• Conducting competitive analysis Porters Five Forces, SWOT Analysis, Canvas modeling
etc. Preparing IP and Market Research Reports on various technologies.
• Interacting with inventors, and organizations regarding IP strategies and R&D related
solutions.
• IPR search on various databases including Orbit, Derwent Innovation, Total PatentLexisNexis,
Espacenet, USPTO, EU databases, PAJ (Japan), CIPO, KIPRIS, XLPAT,
native search databases, etc.
• Familiar with Patent Laws (US, Europe, India and other jurisdictions).

Analyst at TT Consultants
  • India - Mohali
  • June 2017 to November 2018

Managing and leading teams in conducting and delivering projects related to IP.
• Conducting Patentability/Novelty Searches, Validity/Invalidity Searches,
Clearance/Freedom to Operate (FTO) Searches, Evidence of Use (EoU)/Infringement
Searches, Due Diligence, Market Research, Landscape, Patent Watch/Monitoring and
White Space Analysis.
• Conducting product search and Non-patent literature search.
• Conducting patent portfolio analysis for Biotech/Pharmaceutical companies.
• Interacting with inventors, patent attorneys and organizations regarding IP strategies and
R&D related decisions.
• Supervising and guiding Patent Analysts on lines to search.
• Conducting specific searches like Sequence-based search, Design based search.
• IPR search on various databases including Orbit, Thomson Innovation, PatBase, Total
Patent, NCBI BLAST, Espacenet, USPTO, EU databases, PAJ (Japan), CIPO, KIPRIS,
XLPAT, native search databases, etc.
• Non-Patent literature search on Ebsco, Science direct, Pubmed, Surechem, Pubchem.
• Familiar with Patent Laws (US, Europe, India and other jurisdictions).

Business Development Executive at Effectual Knowledge Services
  • India - Noida
  • February 2017 to April 2017

Skills, Roles & Responsibilities:
• Identifying potential clients and creating a list of potential clients.
• Cold calling the potential clients and introducing company services and arranging second
level calls.
• Taking second level calls with the clients and introducing company services in detail and
showcasing analysis sample presentation(s)/report(s).
• Taking follow-ups with the potential clients on their requirement of project(s).
• Upon receiving a project, understanding client’s project(s) requirement, calculating pricing,
and preparing proposals as per the time and analysis required in the project(s). Sharing
the prepared proposal(s) with the potential clients.
• Connecting the potential clients with the analysis team for discussion on the project(s)
details. Communicating queries between them.
• Maintaining and updating CRM/sheets of client data with all the communication details.
• Maintaining client relationship and conducting regular meetings with the clients.

Assistant Manager Operations at Signicent Information Solutions LLP
  • India - Mohali
  • July 2013 to January 2017

Skills, Roles & Responsibilities:
• Managing and leading teams in conducting and delivering projects related to IP.
• Conducting Patentability/Novelty Searches, Validity/Invalidity Searches,
Clearance/Freedom to Operate (FTO) Searches, Evidence of Use (EoU)/Infringement
Searches, Patent Watch/Monitoring, Landscape, Trademark Search and White Space
Analysis.
• Preparing proposals for new clients and projects.
• Maintaining client relationship and conducting regular in-person/virtual meetings with the
clients.
Conducting patent portfolio analysis for food and beverage companies.
• Conducting product search and non-patent literature search.
• Conducting specific searches like Sequence-based search, and Design based search.
• Interaction with inventors, patent attorneys and organizations regarding IP strategies.
• Supervising and guiding Patent Analysts on lines to search.
• Guiding & Training Newcomers joining the organization.
• IPR search on various databases including Orbit, Derwent Innovation, PatBase, Total
Patent, Patent dashboard, Xcelsius, Espacenet, USPTO, EU databases, PAJ (Japan),
CIPO, KIPRIS, native search databases, etc.
• Non-Patent literature search on Ebsco, Science direct, Pubmed, Surechem, Pubchem.

Education

Master's degree, Biotechnology
  • at Punjabi University
  • December 2012
Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology
  • at Guru Nanak Dev University
  • April 2010

Specialties & Skills

Patent Portfolio Management
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Competitive Intelligence
Market Research
Patent Analysis
Portfolio Management
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
INNOVATIVE
MANAGEMENT
SUPERVISORY SKILLS
DUE DILIGENCE
MARKET RESEARCH
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
CONSULTING

Languages

Hindi
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Environment Protection Studies (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2008

Hobbies

  • Travelling