Senior Patent & IP Counsel

🔥 18 minutes ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $204.5k - $306.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Lyten

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🚘 Automotive

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 Venture Round - Lyten on 2024-07

Automotive • Healthcare • Logistics

Lyten is a supermaterials applications company that pioneers Three-Dimensional Graphene and uses it to develop advanced materials and products for heavy industries. The company develops lithium-sulfur battery systems, 3D printer filament, concrete admixtures, and high-strength structural adhesives, aiming to make products lighter, stronger, lower-cost, and cleaner. Lyten targets industrial customers across transportation sectors (motorsports, space, aviation, shipping) and energy markets, and is expanding manufacturing capability through acquisitions and industrial hubs to scale sustainable, low‑carbon solutions.

📋 Description

• Build and lead Lyten’s intellectual property function • Own and drive overall patent strategy and filing prioritization • Develop technical fluency in Lyten’s battery, concrete, composites, and sensors product lines • Engage regularly with engineering and product teams to align patent decisions with the roadmap and competitive landscape • Lead patent claim strategy • Conduct or oversee freedom-to-operate and infringement analyses for new products and acquisition targets • Review and triage invention disclosures and work with inventors and engineers to refine disclosures • Develop and manage the yearly patent and IP budget • Manage outside patent counsel and the patent prosecution docket across relevant jurisdictions • Negotiate fee arrangements and control outside IP spend cost and quality • Manage patent portfolio strategy and hygiene, including pruning low-value applications and patents • Maintain the IP docketing/management system and keep the portfolio documented, assigned, and diligence-ready • Review and negotiate IP provisions in commercial, collaboration, and research agreements • Lead IP diligence on acquisitions and asset purchases • Resolve chain-of-title gaps and licensing ambiguities arising from M&A integration • Advise on trademark strategy and enforcement, trade secret protection, and IP aspects of employment and contractor agreements • Coordinate with internal counsel on customer, supplier, and licensing IP issues • Manage the IP Consultant relationship and other outside IP resources • Support broader legal matters outside core IP scope as needed

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state • Registration to practice before the USPTO required • 7+ years of IP experience • Personally drafting and prosecuting patent applications • Experience setting patent filing strategy and prioritization • Track record as a practicing drafter rather than solely an outside-counsel manager • Experience in-house or at a law firm supporting a technology/materials/hardware company • Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific/engineering discipline (materials science, chemistry, electrical engineering, or similar) • Demonstrated experience in competitive claim drafting and freedom-to-operate (FTO) or infringement analysis • Experience with IP diligence in M&A or asset-purchase contexts • Strong drafting skills for licensing, collaboration, and confidentiality agreements • U.S. citizenship required • Eligibility to access technology and technical data subject to U.S. export control laws • Preferred: comfort using AI-assisted tools across the IP workflow • Preferred: Master's degree or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific/engineering discipline • Preferred: experience supporting an IP function at a rapidly scaling company • Preferred: experience with battery, energy storage, or advanced materials patent portfolios • Preferred: experience with cross-border IP issues in international jurisdictions • Preferred: experience with trademark prosecution and opposition proceedings before the USPTO • Preferred: familiarity with an IP management/docketing platform such as Anaqua, CPI, or PatSnap

🏖️ Benefits

• Tier based bonus • Equity • Healthcare • Dental • Vision • Corporate discounts • Paid holidays • PTO • Sick time • 401K • Employee relocation plan (if applicable) • Career growth opportunities • Mission-driven work in energy, mobility, and materials innovation • Opportunities to work on cutting-edge materials science, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing technologies • Collaborative, trust-based workplace culture