# 910 Invention Analyst, IP Company

Email:	kreed@tkophoenix.com
Posting Date:	8/15/09
Location:	Seoul, Korea or Tokyo, Japan

CLIENT is an invention company--a U.S. investment/market analysis company founded in Year 2000 by a former CTO of Microsoft..  The company is headquartered in the U.S. Northwest.

CLIENT conceives and patents its own inventions in-house through a staff of internal and external scientists and engineers.  They also acquire and license patented inventions from other inventors around the world.  These inventions span a diverse range of technologies, including:  software, semiconductors, wireless, consumer electronics, networking, lasers, biotechnology and medical devices.  The company’s current focus is on developing its invention portfolio. The company makes money by marketing their portfolio on a broad and non-exclusive basis through a variety of channels including spin-out companies, joint-ventures with other companies and/or licensing inventions to product development organizations.  The company is NOT a ‘patent troll’ that seeks to use patent litigation as a primary way to gain revenue.

CLIENT is implementing the vision of an internationally distributed Portfolio Development group (“PDG”, by recruiting individuals from all over Asia to join the PDG team in Seoul and develop the team’s strategy and interface specs with the rest of CLIENT.

CLIENT is an invention company--a U.S. investment/market analysis company founded in Year 2000 by a former CTO of Microsoft..  The company is headquartered in the U.S. Northwest.

CLIENT conceives and patents its own inventions in-house through a staff of internal and external scientists and engineers.  They also acquire and license patented inventions from other inventors around the world.  These inventions span a diverse range of technologies, including:  software, semiconductors, wireless, consumer electronics, networking, lasers, biotechnology and medical devices.  The company’s current focus is on developing its invention portfolio. The company makes money by marketing their portfolio on a broad and non-exclusive basis through a variety of channels including spin-out companies, joint-ventures with other companies and/or licensing inventions to product development organizations.  The company is NOT a ‘patent troll’ that seeks to use patent litigation as a primary way to gain revenue.

CLIENT is implementing the vision of an internationally distributed Portfolio Development group (“PDG”, by recruiting individuals from all over Asia to join the PDG team in Seoul and develop the team’s strategy and interface specs with the rest of CLIENT. Locating part of the PDG team in Asia will greatly enhance the value of CLIENT, including increasing CLIENT’s knowledge of technology and markets worldwide.

Job Title: Invention Analyst for Mechanical

Department: Portfolio Development Group (PDG).  Invention analysts are part of the PDG team which consists of Portfolio Managers, Investment Analysts and Invention Analysts.

Location: Seoul, Korea

Reports to: Global Head of Portfolio Development

Description and Role: 

• Review incoming inventions, review outsider reviewer analysis, and participate in sessions related to triaging and stack-ranking invention disclosures in the single-RFI triage stage and at the all-RFI triage stage. 
• Must have a solid grounding in one or more technology sectors in the portfolios that IV develops. 
• Will assist in identifying market opportunities - i.e. applications of the invention in the review process. 
• Work with investment analysts on cost determination, market fit and adoption behavioral change analysis.  
• Picks the good inventions from the bad, and is able to comparatively rank reviewed inventions against each other.

Requirements:

• Advanced degrees (PhD or MS) and work experience
• Technically skilled in one or more areas of technology relevant to the portfolios. 
• Skill or background in analyzing inventions and coming up with potential applications, and having the network or background to make a feasibility assessment as to implementation. 
• Might be an inventor, but should be an inventor who has a strong sense of application across industries
• Very technically experienced. 
• Does not need to be as market savvy as the investment analysts.

Compensation:

• Competitive market salary plus discretionary bonus
• Medical benefits and vacation
• Relocation assistance in moving to Korea