Collaborator with expertise in Patent Engineering

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Research Support OfficeShort description of the position

Eurac Research (https://eurac.edu) is a private research organization based in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. Our research institutes and centers are seeking answers to global challenges through interaction between a variety of disciplines: keeping societies healthy, fostering intact environments, promoting sustainable energy and developing well-functioning political and social systems. We develop concrete solutions for regional problems which can then be applied globally.

The KTO (Knowledge Transfer Office): The newly established Knowledge Transfer Office is a central service department, responsible for the protection and valorisation of Eurac Research’s intellectual property (IP) and enhancing the value of research results by turning them into solutions useful to society, institutions, and the market — representing the central hub for knowledge transfer at Eurac Research. The KTO carries out the following main activities:

- Training and awareness – promotes an IP culture among researchers and staff, organizes courses, distributes confidentiality agreement templates, and helps researchers plan the protection of their results before disclosure.
- Disclosure assistance and protection – analyses inventions and registers all new IP.
- Evaluation and commercialization – supports the technical-commercial evaluation of research results.
- Patenting support – assists researchers throughout the patenting process, from evaluating the innovative potential of scientific results to filing and protecting the patent. Provides technical and administrative assitance, coordinating relationships with specialized consultants.

We are looking for a new team member to provide support in the development of Eurac Research’s patent portfolio.

Mission of the Role

The Patent Engineer is the point of reference for patent matters for Eurac Research's scientists. The Patent Engineer supports the entire patenting process, from the identification of an invention and preventing its premature disclosure through to managing patent examination, with a focus on prior art searches, strategic analysis (commercial value, freedom-to-operate, geographic coverage),



and drafting the patent application.

Tasks:

- Invention scouting – identifying, in close cooperation with our research staff, the research innovative results and defining the appropriate protection measures and commercialisation routes.
- Prevention: manage the confidentiality of the results, invention traceability, ownership, and define correct inventorship.
- Prior art search: conduct systematic searches across patent databases and scientific literature, documenting distinctiveness relative to prior art.
- Strategic analysis: estimate commercial value, coordinate freedom-to-operate analysis, define geographic coverage.
- Application drafting: oversee the technical description, claims, drawings, and unity of invention together with the patent attorney.
- Filing: choose between the direct route and the PCT route, manage deadlines
- Examination: review search reports, coordinate responses to objections, monitor competing applications.
- Cross-cutting duties: manage the patent portfolio and act as the interface between researchers, patent attorneys, and patent offices
- Manage the IP protection, strategic analysis, cost agevolazioni evaluation of IPR maintenance.
- Provide internal advice, awareness training activites to researchers and institutes on IP and IPR matters.
- Manage relations with patent attorneys and external consultants.
- Ensure alignment of IP practices with national and European regulations IP internal regulation.

Requirements:

- Master's degree in engineering, or a related technical field; a PhD is a plus; qualification as a registered patent attorney is preferred but not required.
- 2-3 years of experience in patent-related work, with demonstrated ability in prior art searching and drafting/reviewing patent applications.
- Knowledge of patent law,



filing procedures (national/EPO/PCT), and freedom-to-operate principles.
- Strong communication skills, ability to manage multiple cases in parallel, fluency in Italian and English, knowledge of German is considered a plus.
- Previous work experience in an academic or research institution, preferably in the field of technology transfer, is a plus..
- Ability to liaise effectively with researchers, companies, law firms, and IP consultants.
- Knowledge of software tools for patentability analysis and patent management.
- Excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Enjoy working in a team and delivering a service to colleagues.
- Friendly and self-confident.

We offer:

- Full-time fixed-term contract / initially 1 year.
- Opportunity to contribute to the development of Eurac Research’s newly established Knowledge Transfer Office.
- An interdisciplinary and international research environment.
- Continuous training and networking opportunities with national and international networks (ASTP, Netval).
- Gross annual salary ranging from 40.894,56 € to 52.832,08 €
- Workplace location: Bolzano
- Benefits and work-life balance: Eurac Research offers a welfare package designed to support employees’ well-being and work-life balance, contributing to a positive and inclusive working experience in an international research environment. The full and regularly updated list of benefits is available here.

Employment conditions:

- Employment classification and applicable collective agreement: II level of the Italian National Collective Labour Agreement for the Tertiary/Commerce Sector
- Gross Annual Salary range: the gross annual salary range is primarily linked to the advertised position, its requirements and expected level, and is defined according to Eurac Research’s internal remuneration framework. The candidate’s highest academic degree and any relevant professional experience documented in the CV are taken into account where applicable, but always within the salary range defined for the advertised position. The range also reflects whether the position is full-time or part-time.

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