About this role

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Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
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Job Responsibilities (Essential functions and duties):

- Manage a global SEP patent portfolio including interacting with engineering management and inventor team in China
- Manage/review global outside counsel to draft and file new PCT and national patent applications and prosecute our pending global patent applications
- Manage/produce SEP claim charts using knowledge of SEP technical specifications
- Provide inventor training and education about patent law and Lenovo internal processes
- Support, as appropriate, patent licensing, litigation, and complex business transactions by providing patent portfolio analysis, due diligence, infringement and invalidity analysis, and claim charting.

Required Qualifications and Experiences

- Bachelor’s Degree in science and technology (preferably majoring in Communications, Electrical, or Computer Engineering)
- 8+ years of experience with patent preparation, and prosecution, management, preferably in a patent department of a global technology company or an international patent law firm
- Fluency in English
- Independently manage high complexity tasks in patent related matters to assist Lenovo business groups
- In depth understanding of PCT/WIPO, US, and China patent law, filing and prosecution strategies
- Intense commitment to high moral standards and business ethics
- Top notch communication and teambuilding skills
- Strong organizational and operational skills
- Personable collaborator who can work successfully and build relationships with internal stakeholders and external parties to achieve business goals
- Strong ability to identify challenges and develop and adapt to changes to achieve business and corporate goals
- Strategic thinker with a broad perspective, and an analytical thinker with enough creativity to synthesize new and automated processes and solutions to old problems.

Preferred Experiences

- CN Patent Bar
- Good knowledge of rules and practices of patenting software and cellular standards worldwide
- 2+ years of experience as an engineer for a telecommunications company
- Good understanding of telecommunications technology. Possess strong analytical skills and fundamental grasp of both legal and wireless communications concepts in the areas of, for example: PHY, MAC, and/or higher protocol layers (e.g., Layer 2/3) areas especially in LTE, CDMA, OFDM, WiFi, or WiMAX
- Good understanding of audio and/or video codec technologies and standards
- Experience in Patent Claim Charting
- Inbound/outbound licensing experience