Patent Attorney

**What's Next? Join ZF**:
ZF is a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility.

ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains of Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate and enhancing safe mobility.

**Patent Attorney (M/F/d)**:

- Country/Region: DE- Location: Düsseldorf, NW, DE, 40547Req ID 68455 Düsseldorf, Germany

**About the team**:
We are looking for a new colleague in our department IP - Active Safety Systems at one of our locations in Düsseldorf or Koblenz.

The ZF corporate intellectual property team takes responsibility for developing and implementing the IP strategy of the whole ZF Group. We help our stakeholders to navigate through the IP landscape and defend the company in IP litigation. As a team supporting the Division Chassis Solutions, we love to deep dive into new technologies, see ourselves as creators and patrons of ZF's intellectual property assets and are passionate about providing a holistic view when leveraging ZF’s intellectual property for the benefit of the business.

**What you can look forward to as Patent Attorney (M/F/d)**:

- Advise chassis solutions business on all IP related questions
- Work with chassis solutions business to define and implement IP strategy
- Review inventions, draft, prosecute and enforce intellectual property rights globally
- Manage outside counsel and collaborate with inhouse counsel in other countries
- Support business with legal advice and opinions on FTO matters, R&D and licensing agreements

**Your profile as Patent Attorney (M/F/d)**:

- German Patentassessor and/or (part-)qualified European Patent Attorney and/or comparable certification in intellectual property, e.g. US patent agent
- Several years of professional experience in a law firm or corporate IP department
- Excellent skills in written and spoken German and English

**Why you should choose ZF in Düsseldorf or Koblenz?**
- Capital-forming benefits (pension savings programs)
- Health management: With annual campaigns for employees (e.g. campaign on colorectal cancer prevention, flu vaccination, etc.)
- Bike-Leasing
- Cafeteria & Canteen
- Purchasing advantages
- Compensatory time
- Mobile Working
- Company sports community

ZF offers a job-sharing option for this management position. Two part-time employees can share this management role.

Contact

Janin Oppermann

+49 211 584 2166

**What does DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) mean for ZF as a company?**:
At ZF, we continuously strive to build and maintain a culture where inclusiveness is lived and diversity is valued. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that all our employees can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this vision in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape the future of mobility.

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