Company Overview:
Prime Medicine is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to creating and delivering the next generation of gene editing therapies to patients. The Company is leveraging its proprietary Prime Editing platform, a versatile, precise and efficient gene editing technology, to develop a new class of differentiated, one-time, potentially curative genetic therapies. Designed to make only the right edit at the right position within a gene while minimizing unwanted DNA modifications, Prime Editors have the potential to repair almost all types of genetic mutations and work in many different tissues, organs and cell types.
Prime Medicine is currently progressing a diversified portfolio of eighteen programs initially focused on genetic diseases with a fast, direct path to treating patients or with a high unmet need because they cannot be treated using other gene-editing approaches. Over time, the Company intends to maximize Prime Editing’s therapeutic potential and advance potentially curative therapeutic options to patients for a broad spectrum of diseases. For more information, please visit www.primemedicine.com.
Position Overview:
Prime Medicine is seeking a patent attorney who will help develop and execute Prime’s IP strategy. This attorney will help support the company’s current programs, contribute to global patent preparation & prosecution strategy, and build and strengthen the company's intellectual property portfolio. In addition, this role will help provide legal support to the research and business teams as needed. The successful candidate should have meaningful patent drafting and prosecution experience in cell & gene therapeutics, including gene editing and CRISPR technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Play a key role in developing Prime’s IP portfolio, including both internally-developed and in-licensed IP, and help drive the key actions and decisions required to build and defend a strong IP portfolio with broad coverage of prime editing inventions and development candidates.
- Identify patentable inventions through regular interactions with internal R&D project teams and collaborators, including evaluating inventions, conducting prior art searches, and generating and executing on corresponding patent protection strategies.
- Prepare and prosecute worldwide patent applications.
- Manage outside counsel on patent prosecution and other IP projects.
- Monitor and analyze competitive intellectual property; perform freedom-to-operate and IP landscape searches; maintain and share knowledge on relevant competitive advances in IP.
- Provide legal advice and support for alliances and partnerships.
- Participate in IP due diligence and agreement review for investment, collaboration, and partnering activities. Educate and advise colleagues on IP processes and issues.
- Review proposed publications and presentations for potential impact on IP positions.
Qualifications:
- JD with admission to at least one state bar; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- PhD in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, or related discipline preferred.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in drafting and prosecuting biotechnology patents for a law firm and/or corporate law department; those with experience specific to Prime’s areas of expertise preferred.
- Prior experience managing IP matters in partnerships and collaborations.
- Capable of recognizing, assessing, and responding to urgent matters with timely, practical, and clear solutions.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple matters simultaneously and independently.
- Exceptional and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
Prime Medicine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.