Senior Patent Attorney CPA EPA

Senior Patent Attorney CPA EPA

Senior Patent Attorney CPA EPA

Job Req ID: 39641

Posting Date: 21 Oct 2024

Function: Legal and Governance

Unit: Networks

Location:

1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive Salary & Great Benefits

Recruiter: Natilla Turner

Career Grade: C

Location: London or Bristol

Why this job matters

Innovation has driven BT’s long heritage, and is crucial to the transformational technological development required to fulfil our purpose to connect for good in the modern world. Protecting the IP rights generated underpins significant value to BT, and our patent attorneys play key strategic roles in maximising benefit from innovation commercialisation.

What you’ll be doing







- Working closely with BT’s world-class researchers, developers, and commercialisation specialists to identify inventions, determine suitability for patent protection, and draft patent applications

- Taking responsibility for prosecuting and maintaining a portion of BT’s patent portfolio in a timely, cost-effective, and commercially strategic manner

- Influencing BT's patent strategy and procedures for obtaining, maintaining, and commercialising its global patent portfolio

- Contributing to knowledge sharing and peer review activities for continuous development of excellence across our close-knit Patents Team

- Supporting IP commercialisation activities, litigation, IP disputes, and negotiations

- Advising BT colleagues on IP-related issues impacting business decisions

- Raising awareness of the commercial impact of IP within BT

The skills you will need

- Qualified European Patent Attorney and UK Chartered Patent Attorney, with at least 3 years’ post-qualification experience

- Rights of Representation before the UK, European,





and Unified Patent Court authorities

- Extensive patent drafting and prosecution experience, preferably focussed on computer-implemented inventions

- Ability to understand the work of BT's research, development, engineering, and technical teams, e.g. in areas such as cybersecurity, machine learning, and telecommunications networks

- Experience in one or more of: litigation, post-grant legal procedures, IP disputes, and negotiations

Key Decisions:

Compliance with all BT policies is mandatory, including the Standards of Behaviour Policy & Procedure and the Being Trusted: Our Code.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes







I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Benefits

- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service

- 15% on target bonus

- Car/Cash allowance - £5,500

- Private Medical Insurance

- Life Assurance







- Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%

- Discounts on EE mobile, and EE TV as well as other products and services including broadband, cyber and home security.

- Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks

- 3 volunteering days per year

- Competitive friends and family discount on EE Mobile

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning,





and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly,





please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.