Somsekhar Choudhury :
Sector 21, Pocket – A,
House No. 377,
Gurgaon-122016, Haryana
Mobile : +91-7838117807
E-Mail : shome_80 AT yahoo.co.in
Career Objective :
To obtain a demanding career with Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical organizations, especially in Patents/ R&D Units/ Companies with Patent works and which will effectively utilize my extensive background experience, qualification and skills.
Professional Summary :
Intellectual Property Professional having 9+ years of experience in the area of IPR with a strong technical knowledge in Biotechnology & Life Science and an In-depth experience of Patent drafting, and Patent analytics.
Profile Snapshot :
** An astute professional with a substantial experience in handling Patents including drafting of Patent specifications and claims, FER response and office actions draft, Patent filing, research & documentation, Patent search and analytics.
** Skilled in developing search methodology, conducting the professional Patent searches and analytics.
** Conducting Patentability searches, FTO studies, validity & invalidity searches, landscape analysis, etc.
** Administered activities like Project & Team Management, Report Generation, Client Interaction, Training & Development.
** Gained strong time management skills and dependable in completing quality projects against deadlines.
** An effective communicator with exceptional management skills & adept at maintaining cordial business relations with legal counsels and other external organizations.
Domain Skills : Biotechnology/ Life Science/ Food Technology.
Skill Set :
** Thorough involvement in Biotechnology R&D and IPR, filling and drafting of Patents.
** Executing Patent drafting assignments based on the technical inputs as disclosed in the Invention disclosures.
** Communicating with scientist/researchers/client while Patent drafting, drafting of FER response and Office action drafts.
** Executing the searches related to Patentability, validity/invalidity, Freedom to Operate, Landscape and state of the art analysis.
** Sustaining proficiency with commercial Patent databases & other databases that disclose the technical publications.
** Conducting long-term Patent landscape studies to identify trends in a technology field and identifying potential research area.
** Performing evidence-of-use studies by analyzing products used in the market that may be infringing on a Patent of interest.
** Selecting fields accurately for analysis and mapping Patent and Non-Patent literature.
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Knowledge Purview :
** Drafting, Filing and Prosecuting Patent as per Indian Patent Systems & PCT application filing.
** Prior Art, Patentability & FTO Search, Infringement (Validity/Invalidity) Analysis, Landscape Analysis.
** Patent Commercial Database viz. Thomson Innovation, Questel Orbit, Patbase, Micropat, etc.
** Free Patent Databases viz. USPTO, Espacenet, EPOLINE, WIPO, Patent-Lens, Patentscope, Scirus, Google Patents, etc.
** Non-Patent Literature Databases viz; Thomson Innovation - Web of science, PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, etc.
** PTO Database of different jurisdictions to extract Legal updates of Patent(s)/ Publication(s) along with their assignment details.
Employment Details :
March ’16 – Till Date : Vyome Bioscience, India. Assistant Manager, Intellectual Property Rights.
** Essayed a stellar role in drafting Patent Applications in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical domain.·
** Analyzing the Written Opinions issued by the ISA, IPER, and develops an understanding to interpret the scope of patent with respect to the Patent legitimacy.
** Distinguished efforts towards Patent and Applications Maintenance with respect to various stages of prosecution.
** Liaised & coordinated with senior management, lawyers and scientists for addressing IPR issues.
** Played a pivotal role in drafting report over Patent Examiner’s objection and swiftly responded to office actions, FER response draft in compliance with prosecution deadlines with respect to India.
June’15 – February’16 : Sagacious IP, Gurgaon, India. Project Manager, Intellectual Property Rights (Life Science).
** Performing drafting of patent specifications.
** Spearheading Patent Mining encompassing planning search strategy, conceptualizing key strings to extract relevant results.
** Handling Patentability Search, Technology Landscape studies, FTO Studies, Patent Validity/Invalidity Searches.
** Liaising with client such as Patent Attorneys & Research Scientists for understanding the scope of the project.
** Conceptualizing project proposals while conducting Patent/ Non Patent searches.
** Consolidating report in Word, Excel & PowerPoint, with updated bibliographic details and legal updates.
** Conducting training in Patent drafting, analysis, Database operations, and different IPR case studies in India or abroad.
** Delegating and assigning projects and promoting group level initiatives.
May’10 - August’14 : Evalueserve Ltd.
Gurgaon, India. Research Associate, IPR
** Involved in biomarkers scouting activity for identification of novel cancer biomarkers by Patent and Non-Patent search.
** Spearheading Patent Mining encompassing planning search strategy, conceptualizing key strings to extract relevant results.
** Handling Patentability Search, Technology Landscape studies, FTO Studies, Patent Validity/Invalidity Searches.
** Liaising with client such as Patent Attorneys & Research Scientists for understanding the scope of the project.
** Conceptualizing project proposals while conducting Patent/ Non Patent searches.
** Consolidating report in Word, Excel & PowerPoint, with updated bibliographic details and legal updates.
Aug’08 - Apr’10 : Avesthagen Ltd. Bangalore, India. Executive, Intellectual Property Rights
** Essayed a stellar role in drafting Patent Applications in Biotechnology, Food and Life Science domain.
** Distinguished efforts towards administering Patent Portfolio, encompassing Patent and Applications Maintenance with respect to various stages of prosecution.
** Liaised & coordinated with senior management, lawyers and scientists for addressing IPR issues.
** Played a pivotal role in drafting report over Patent Examiner’s objection and swiftly responded to office actions, FER response draft in compliance with prosecution deadlines with respect to India.
May’06 - Aug’08 : Avesthagen Ltd. Bangalore, India. Research Fellow, R&D – BioNutrition
** Preparation of plant extracts of medicinal plants by reflux and room temperature based extraction method.
** Screened plant extracts for addressing metabolic syndrome viz; Type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, etc. by performing different bio assays.
** Optimized assays for determining Free Radical Scavenging properties of the plant extracts.
** Instrumental in performing quantitative & qualitative analysis of the plant extracts.
** Spearheaded HPLC Screening and Stability Study of the plant extracts.
** Plant tissue culture assignments encompassing Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transformation in Terminalia arjuna plants.
** Facilitated assistance to Intellectual Property Rights Team in providing invention disclosure and writing Patents.
Trainings/ Projects Attended
** Training Program organized by Sagacious Research, Gurgaon & Senior European Patent Attorney at V.O Patent & Trademarks, Netherland (9th Oct – 10th Oct 2015).
** Training on European Patent System, Novelty & Patentability Rules and Claim Interpretation.
2.Training Program, organized by NIIPM, Nagpur (15th-19th Sep’08) :
Patent drafting, filing and Prosecution in Indian Patent Office.
3.Training in “Food for Medicine” Division of Avesthagen, Bangalore (May’ 06-Jul’ 06) :
Conducting Bio Assays of phyto-extracts, Analytical Estimation of phyto-extracts and Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transformation in Terminalia arjuna.
4.Training in Merida Diagnostic Laboratory, Shillong (Aug’05–Apr’06) :
Conducting different diagnostic test viz. Histopathological, Haematological, and Cytological Staining of Human Cells &Tissues for differentiating between normal and cancerous cells.
5.Training at Dr. Bhubaneshwar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati (Jul’03-Aug’03) :
Cytological, Histopathological and Haematological Staining of human cells and tissues.
6.“Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology & Haematological Techniques”, Garden City College, Bangalore (12th-16th May’03).
Administered experiments on Blood Group Identification, Rh Typing and Differential Staining of Blood, Widal & VDRL Test.
Seminars Attended :
** “Patent Strategies for Global Competitiveness”, organized by Boehmart & Boehmart and Lowe Hawptman Ham and Berner, LLP on 12th & 13th Oct’09, Bangalore.
** “STN for Science and Patent Decisions” on 16th Sep’09, organized by STN, Bangalore.
** “PCT Roving Seminar” on 13th& 14th Oct’08, Hyderabad, organized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (GoI) & WIPO.
Academic Qualifications :
** Master of Science (Biotechnology) from Capital College, Bangalore, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India in 2004.
** B.Sc. (Microbiology) from Garden City College, Bangalore, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India in 2002.
IT Skills : Well versed with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Outlook & Internet Applications.
Linguistic Proficiency : Languages Known: Fluent in reading, writing and speaking in English and Hindi.'
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