**Intellectual Property Agent (Patent Agent):** Protect and drive innovation in the image guided therapy devices field by managing and optimizing Philips’ patent portfolio. **Your role:** + Build and maintain a high-value patent portfolio to protect innovations in image guided therapy devices, maximizing IP protection and business value. + Collaborate with R&D teams to foster innovation, identify invention disclosure opportunities, and translate them into strong patents. + Apply expertise in patent drafting, prosecution, and strategy to secure IP rights, support licensing, and advise on patent-related matters. + Conduct periodic reviews of the patent portfolio to optimize costs while maintaining strategic value. + Join a global team of IP professionals, working cross-functionally to align IP strategies with business goals. **You're the right fit if:** + You have 3+ years of experience in patent creation, either in a law firm or a mix of law firm and in-house roles. + You have a Bachelor's degree in mechanical, biomedical, or electrical engineering and are a registered patent agent with the USPTO. + Your skills include patent prosecution before the USPTO, PCT patent practice, and handling office actions, appeals, and objections, including Section 101 issues. + You thrive in a collaborative environment, demonstrating strong analytical, critical thinking, and multitasking abilities. + You have excellent communication skills and experience working with the medical community is a plus. + You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. **How we work together** We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role. **About Philips** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. + Learn more about our business. + Discover our rich and exciting history. + Learn more about our purpose. + Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion. **Philips Transparency Details** The pay range for this position in San Diego, CA is $140,000 to $180,000 The pay range for this position in Cleveland, OH is $130,000 to $160,000 The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.   In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. **Additional Information** US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits **will not** be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in **or** within commuting distance to San Diego, CA or Cleveland, OH. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran