Intellectual Property Counsel

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

Linde employees learn and abide the Linde Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct by demonstrating honesty, integrity, professionalism in all communications, actions, and decisions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless., Linde GmbH, Corporate Office acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

Ihre Aufgaben

• In this position you will advise and support our development departments on all Intellectual Property matters

• You will protect development results and design a patent portfolio, you will participate in application decisions, prepare and prosecute patent applications, and collaborate with partner law firms, both domestically and internationally

• Furthermore, you will represent the company before the EPO, DPMA, and BPatG

• In addition to that you will analyze and evaluate third-party patents, prepare Freedom-to-Operate opinions, defend our patents and challenge third party intellectual property in opposition proceedings

Ihr Profil

• You possess a master's or comparable degree in a technical or natural science discipline, preferably physics, physical engineering, chemical engineering, process engineering, or mechanical engineering. In addition to that you are a certified European Patent Attorney and/or German Patent Attorney or Patent Assessor

• You have several years of professional experience in patent law, preferably in an industrial patent department and ideally, substantial knowledge in the area of process engineering equipment and the production and application of industrial gases

• You work solution-oriented, you are a quick learner and a team player

• You show a can-do-attitude

• You are experienced in project management and have excellent judgment

• In addition to that you show high motivation and initiative, the highest levels of integrity, professionalism, and trustworthiness

• Strong analytical and excellent communication skills, an understanding of business contexts, an independent, meticulous approach to work, entrepreneurial and strategic thinking, the ability to assess complex technical inventions from a legal and business-oriented perspective, as well as networking capability complete your profile

• You have the ability to deal with sensitive and highly confidential issues, your written and verbal English and German language skills are superior

Wir bieten Ihnen

In addition to an attractive compensation package, we offer you many social benefits, such as an excellent pension plan, flexible working hours and a wide range of health care options. Furthermore, we support you with various offers to help you combine family and career and to support your professional and personal development. A good infrastructure and our company canteen, which has won several awards, are further benefits.

Kontakt

Linde GmbH, Corporate Office Dr. Bernd Gellner +49 172 3760 427