Job Title: Associate Patent Examiner (Patent Search, Examination and Analytics), IPOS International

Location: Singapore

Role Overview

This position requires you to apply scientific and technical knowledge to the concepts of patent law. You will assess whether an invention is new and judge its technical and legal basis for a patent grant in Singapore.

Core Responsibilities

• Analyse patent applications and identify technical concepts relating to an invention
• Conduct searches of the state‑of‑the‑art using specialised databases to investigate whether an invention is new
• Conduct substantive examination to ensure an invention complies with patentability criteria required for a patent to be granted
• Communicate with applicants or their patent agents through written opinions to present examination outcomes
• Consider submissions filed in response to written opinions to advance the prosecution, c...