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Date: Aug 26, 2024

Location: USA Home Office, --, US, NA

Company: Dentsply Sirona, Inc

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

What We Are Looking For - Scope of Role

 

We are looking for a motived, detail-oriented Patent Attorney to join our dynamic legal team. The ideal candidate will assist in protecting the Company’s inventions, managing our patent portfolio, and providing guidance on all aspects of intellectual property law.  This individual will be responsible for providing direct IP support to assigned global business units.   

 

What Will You Do - Responsibilities for Employment

 

  • Works actively with product development personnel regarding the intellectual property rights associated with new product development activities.
  • Communicates and interacts with the in-house and outside lawyers, support, and administrative staff to maintain, monitor, and manage the Company's patent portfolio and freedom-to-operate opinions.
  • Advises business management in lP legal matters.
  • Provides infringement clearance opinions for new products to assure that the Company can freely manufacture and market new products throughout the world, in accordance with the Company's policies and procedures.
  • Protects the Company's present and future lP endeavors by obtaining appropriate patent coverage.
  • Reviews and advises on licenses and other agreements involving the Company's lP for the designed business units.
  • Assists in patent litigation and enforcement as needed. 
  • Manages lP costs by reviewing the Company's patent portfolio and making timely maintenance and filing recommendations.
  • Manages the Company’s IP budget for the assigned business units.
  • Participates in due diligence related to acquisitions of lP for new businesses or products.
  • Reviews and advises on licenses and other agreements involving the Company's lP for their designed business units.

 

 

Who You Are - Qualifications

 

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or technical field.
  • J.D. from an accredited law school.

 

Years and Type of Experience:

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in a major law firm or legal department of a multinational corporation.
  • Admission to practice in at least one state and the before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

 

Key Skills, Knowledge & Capabilities:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • A professional with a high sense of ethics and integrity, who develops a relationship of trust with his/her colleagues in the organization.
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to provide prompt, proactive and practical business and legal recommendations and decisions.
  • Reasoning ability including the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
  • Ability to interact with technical and business team members at all levels.

 

How We Lead the DS Way - Key Leadership Behaviors:

  • Actively articulates and promotes Dentsply Sirona’s vision, mission, and values.
  • Advocates on behalf of the customer.
  • Promotes high performance, innovation, and continual improvement.
  • Consistently meets Company standards, ethics, and compliance requirements.
  • Clear and effective communication with stake holders, which span across multiple levels, socio-geographic areas, and functional expertise. 

 

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Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in Dentsply Sirona.

If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to careers@dentsplysirona.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Request” in the subject.

 

For California Residents:

 

We may collect the following categories of personal information in connection with the submission of your resume or application materials to us for employment, and if hired, your employment with us: identifiers (e.g., name, address, email address, birthdate); personal records (e.g., telephone number, signature, education information, criminal background information, passport number and visa information); consumer characteristics (e.g., sex, marital status, veteran status, race, disability, sexual orientation); professional or employment information (e.g., resume, cover letter, employment history, background check forms, references, certifications, transcripts and languages spoken); and inferences from personal information collected (e.g., a profile reflecting abilities and aptitudes). 

 

The above categories of personal information are collected for the following business purposes: performing recruitment and hiring services; processing interactions and transactions (e.g., to comply with federal and state laws requiring us to maintain certain records, managing the workforce); and security (e.g., detecting security incidents, protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity). 

 

For additional details and questions, contact us at careers@dentsplysirona.com