Analyst - IPR Search Analysis

Job Title / Role

Analyst - IPR Search Analysis

Department

R&D-Veh Engg

Location

Hosur, Tamil Nadu

Education Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineerin

Candidates with additional qualifications in patent search analytics or Patent Agent certification will be preferred.

Required Experience

8 to 12 years in IP search analytics

Role Description

To proactively identify, assess, and mitigate intellectual property risks associated with TVS Motor products and technologies, ensuring timely NPD IP reviews, IP test plannng and signoff for product development and design release through effective IP search, analysis, Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) reviews, patent intelligence, and IP protection strategies across NPD programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) searches and analyses for NPD projects, LRP initiatives, advanced technologies, and transportation engineering domains to identify and mitigate IP risks.
• Review NPD projects, designs, drawings, and product BOMs from an IP perspective and recommend suitable protection measures, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and design registrations.
• Perform patent landscape, competitor portfolio, state-of-the-art, patentability, invalidation, and technology trend analyses to support business, technology, and innovation decisions.
• Assess critical projects for IP risks and prepare detailed technical reports, recommendations, and risk mitigation plans to enable timely design releases.
• Collaborate with inventors, engineering teams, styling teams, and stakeholders to conduct technical discussions, inventor interviews, and IP assessments.
• Review and recommend domestic and global FTO positions, including international business projects initiatives and on emerging technologies.
• Generate and maintain periodic patent alerts, competitive intelligence reports, ECM reports, dashboards, and IP analytics to support organizational decision-making.
• Leverage IP databases, digital tools, data analytics, and technology platforms to improve search effectiveness, analysis quality, and reporting efficiency.
• Coordinate with legal associates and external IP partners for legal opinions, claim analysis, licensing evaluations, and IP risk resolution.
• Trigger and support invention disclosures (IDFs) arising from FTO assessments and facilitate timely protection of innovations across clusters.
• Standardize and deploy IP-related guidelines, alerts, and best practices into engineering and product development systems and processes.
• Identify, train, and support internal IP champions and stakeholders on basic patent search methodologies, IP awareness, and risk management practices.
• Review, approve, and facilitate filing processes related to patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, and other applicable forms of intellectual property protection.
• Maintain IP search analysis dashboards and ensure effective stakeholder communication on project status, risks, alerts, and protection activities.

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