Patent Counsel

We are looking for a skilled Patent Attorney to join our Cellular Standards Portfolio team at Nokia. In this role, you will manage the external drafting and global prosecution of patent applications related to 3GPP 6G technologies as well as draft and prosecute of Nokia’s standards essential patent applications in the field of 3GPP technologies together with seasoned external and /or internal patent attorneys globally for the purpose of licensing and litigation. You will be in the forefront of protecting inventions contributed to 6G standard development with IP and collaborating with top researchers in the telecom industry. With your expertise in patent law and patent practice, you will contribute to building a world-leading, monetizable, patent portfolio in cellular standards area . This is a unique opportunity to join the Nokia team of patent professionals with a strong track record of creating high-quality patent assets used successfully in licensing and litigations globally.

• Manage the external drafting and prosecution, as well as the foreign filing processes of Cellular Standards Physical Layer patenting team

• Drafting patent applications with external patent attorneys

• Prosecute globally the patent applications inhouse and with external patent attorneys

• Reviewing claim charts and collaborating with others to ascertain the claim scope and mapping to standards

• Collaborating closely with the inventor community

• Master's in engineering and a minimum of 10 years of experience with patent prosecution of which at least some experience in drafting and prosecution of Cellular Standards Essential Patents

• Qualified US, EP and/or Chinese Patent Attorney

It would be nice if you also had:

• Strong motivation and capability to develop an in-depth understanding of the 6G Physical Layer as it is developed.

• Strong organizational skills to manage the often urgent external drafting of patent applications

• Ability to innovate, and agility to adapt to, new ways of doing things

• Great skills at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders 

• Strong analytical acumen , and communication skills 

• Mentality of a collaborative team player