Patent Information Professional

Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs

About the job

Are you passionate about patent information, scientific innovation, and digital tools? Are you an experienced Patent Information Professional with a background in intellectual property and scientific research? We have an exciting opportunity as a Patent Information Professional at Danone Nutricia Research in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

In your role as Patent Information Professional, you will provide patent information and patent-related scientific information to enable patent assessments. Being part of the Global Patent Team, your key responsibilities are:

• Performing comprehensive patent searches across food science, processing, packaging, and services, including patentability, novelty, and freedom-to-operate assessments.
• Delivering patent landscape analyses and supporting patent opposition and validity evaluations.
• Providing patent alerts, monitoring, and competitive intelligence.
• Maintaining internal patent databases and end-user tools.
• Analyzing and reporting search results with added value for patent attorneys and research teams.
• Supporting and training research teams in IP-related matters.
• Actively contributing to cross-functional innovation and research teams.

Meet your future manager! You will report to Maarten HOIJER, Patent Attorney.

About you

In order to be successful in this role, you are able to work in a dynamic international environment and with international technical documentation. You have a passion for food scientific research, engineering and packaging. Finally, you have creative & practical problem-solving skills, and you are able to respond fast with high accuracy.

You also are:

• Comfortable with data, databases, excel, etc. You have experience with searching tools including major patent related databases/hosts like STN, Questel, publicly available sources of patent information and legal status information like national registers.
• Knowledgeable in patent law, including novelty and inventive step and are able to apply this to technical documentation and reporting.
• Preferably hold a Bachelor or Master degree in Food, Chemistry or Biology or other related field.
• Fluent in English.
• Able to communicate effectively to various function within R&I and other disciplines, including accurate, comprehensive and consumer friendly reporting in writing.
• Able to organize well your workload.

About Danone

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good. One Planet. One Health

We offer:

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension, 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and you will receive a monthly health care allowance. In addition, you can get discount on your gym membership, and we offer initiatives focused on nutrition, physical, and mental health. We provide continuous learning opportunities through workshops, online courses and training sessions.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.

We put people at the center of everything we do. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and ideas to the table – the impact you could make might surprise you. We are committed to embrace diversity, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA.

Need more information? Please contact Camila Grosso, Talent Specialist at camila.grosso1@danone.com

* all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability, or any other protected status.