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Anthropic

Builds Claude AI models with a focus on safety

IP Counsel - Life Sciences Patents

Full-TimePosted on 10/27/2026
$335k - $385k/yr
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, JD
San Francisco, CA, USA+1 moreMore locations: New York, NY, USA
HybridHybrid policy expects staff in an office at least 25% of the time.
LegalIntellectual Property (IP)
H1B Sponsorship Available

About the job

Requirements
  • Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you will be based.
  • Have a degree or equivalent training in a life sciences or chemistry field, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, bioengineering, or organic chemistry.
  • Have substantial hands-on experience drafting and prosecuting U.S. life sciences patent applications, and directing foreign prosecution through local counsel.
  • Have lead responsibility for a patent portfolio, including managing budget and outside or foreign counsel.
  • Have experience making inventorship determinations and resolving ownership questions in multi-party research arrangements, such as with universities and other partners.
  • Be able to translate legal risk into practical guidance for scientists, researchers, and business partners.
  • Have a low-ego, high-empathy orientation and be willing to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed.
  • Have intense curiosity about AI and science and a commitment to responsible AI development.
Responsibilities
  • Manage patent strategy and filings for the company’s life sciences research in the U.S. and internationally, including invention harvesting, filing decisions, drafting oversight, prosecution, and management of outside counsel.
  • Serve as the trusted patent advisor to life science research teams, and design and implement scalable guidance and processes to support the growing life science efforts.
  • Make inventorship determinations for AI-assisted research, and advise on inventor declarations and the duty of candor.
  • Develop claim and filing strategies across biological and chemical inventions, platform technologies, and computational methods, accounting for written description, enablement, eligibility, and obviousness.
  • Partner with Research Legal and Communications on the timing of publications, preprints, presentations, and open-source releases.
  • Advise on the patent aspects of agreements with life science and biopharma counterparties, including ownership of inventions and improvements, and support patent diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses for research.
  • Anticipate emerging legal developments affecting AI technologies in the life science and biopharma space and provide strategic guidance to leadership.
Desired Qualifications
  • Have 10 or more years of patent experience, including time as a patent agent, technical specialist, or examiner, at a law firm, a biotech or pharmaceutical company, or both, and be able to operate independently.
  • Have an advanced degree in a life sciences or chemistry field.
  • Have experience with AI or machine learning companies, or with inventions at the boundary of biology and machine learning.
  • Have working knowledge of how patents interact with regulatory exclusivity, trade secrets, and open science.
  • Have familiarity with biosecurity, dual-use research, or export control considerations in the life sciences.
  • Have experience leveraging AI to optimize work.

About the company

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Anthropic

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Anthropic builds the Claude family of AI models and sells them to businesses, software developers, and consumers, with research on making AI safe and understandable at the center of its work. In 2024 it introduced the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI assistants to outside apps and data that OpenAI and Google adopted the next year. People use the Claude app to write and analyze files, programmers hand coding tasks to Claude Code, and companies build Claude into their own products through its API. Anthropic earns money from subscriptions, business plans, and usage-based API fees. Siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei founded Anthropic in 2021 with other former OpenAI employees, and it is based in San Francisco.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$242.8B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • Sales are multiplying: Anthropic's yearly revenue pace topped $65 billion in July 2026, over sevenfold since December 2025.
  • IPO plans advanced: October 2026 reports describe investor meetings and a mid-November listing target; staff shares face lockups.
  • Lower office minimum: 627 of 646 Anthropic job posts in October 2026 require at least 25% office time.

What critics are saying

  • Job security rides on growth: Anthropic's IPO prospectus lists $518 billion in cloud and computing bills due in coming years.
  • Defense work stays off-limits: in September 2026, appeals judges voted 2-1 to let the Pentagon keep blacklisting Anthropic.
  • Growth is priced in: Anthropic's valuation reached $965 billion in May 2026, up from $380 billion in February.

What makes Anthropic unique

  • Investors don't control its board alone: Anthropic's independent Long-Term Benefit Trust elects a growing number of directors.
  • It isn't tied to one chipmaker: Claude runs on Nvidia GPUs plus custom AI chips designed by Google and Amazon.
  • It holds back its riskiest model: Claude Mythos 5.1, launched September 2026, goes only to vetted cyberdefenders and life scientists.

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Benefits

  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Paid Vacation
  • Parental Leave
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

-3%
Bloomberg
Oct 23rd, 2026
UK commits $127M to AI biosecurity lab backed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind

The UK has announced £100 million ($134 million) for an AI Biosecurity Lab, which OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind will support. The funding is part of a package of measures to help the government understand and tackle the risks posed by the technology.

DealStreetAsia
Oct 22nd, 2026
Blackstone eyes AI financing boom, with 7% of its $1.4T assets already exposed

Blackstone sees growing opportunities to finance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, from chips and computing equipment to power generation and data centres. "The needs of capital here are so enormous. It's unprecedented in our lifetimes," President Jon Gray said on the firm's third-quarter earnings call. The firm is reportedly committing $9 billion to a junior-debt tranche in an $18 billion financing package for Anthropic's AI chips and computing infrastructure, part of a broader $60 billion arrangement. In June, its Credit & Insurance business joined a $35 billion financing launched by Apollo and Broadcom for Anthropic. Blackstone is also weighing dedicated investment vehicles alongside broader funds. About 7% of its $1.4 trillion in assets under management is exposed to AI infrastructure. Gray said the firm focuses on physical infrastructure and long-term contracted assets to manage risks such as technological obsolescence.

PR Newswire
Oct 22nd, 2026
Cube joins Claude's connector directory, bringing live, permissioned FP&A data to finance teams

Cube, an agentic financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform, has partnered with Anthropic to make its financial model available inside Claude. Finance teams can now add Cube through Claude's connector directory. The connector gives Claude the chart of accounts, business logic, and enterprise permissions behind a company's numbers. Each user sees only the data they are authorised to access, and figures can be traced to the source transaction. Users sign in through a secure OAuth flow, with no API keys to manage. They can then ask questions in plain English, such as comparing actuals with forecast, or set up new scenarios. "Data tells AI what the numbers are. Financial context tells AI what the numbers mean," said Christina Ross, founder and chief executive officer of Cube. The Cube MCP Server is available now.

Associated Press
Oct 22nd, 2026
Qlik's MCP server joins Anthropic's Claude Directory, bringing governed data to Claude

Qlik has made its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server available through Anthropic's Claude Directory. Claude users can now connect governed Qlik data, analytical logic, and selected analytics workflows more easily. The server gives Claude access to data lineage, trust signals, and business metrics from Qlik Cloud. Users can search apps and datasets, ask questions in natural language, and create dashboards with prompts. Teams no longer need to rebuild business logic elsewhere. Access runs on OAuth-based authentication and existing Qlik Cloud permissions, so enterprise controls stay in place. "Customers adopting Claude want more than an LLM hooked to raw records," said Josh Good, vice president of corporate strategy at Qlik. The company announced the news on October 22, 2026.

CNBC
Oct 21st, 2026
Anthropic previews Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent rivalling Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots

Anthropic on Wednesday announced a preview of Claude Duet, an AI agent for small businesses and professionals. It can send daily briefs, keep tabs on connected apps, and carry out tasks such as building dashboards, scheduling meetings, and creating financial forecasts. The launch follows Meta's Muse, which topped Apple's App Store after its launch last month, and OpenAI's Dots. Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said more than 10 million people in the US and Canada have set up Muse agents. Anthropic said Duet is still early and "might misread a thread or miscalibrate what's urgent." Personal errands, such as booking tickets, are not "quite as strong." A waitlist is open. Pro and Max subscribers can use the preview through a standalone app or the Claude website.