About
Andreas Theisen is a Partner and European and UK Patent Attorney at J A Kemp with over 15 years’ experience, specialising in biological therapeutics and diagnostics — particularly therapeutic antibodies, gene therapy and cell therapy — and supporting clients through product launch by advising on filing and prosecution strategies, portfolio management, freedom-to-operate, SPCs and due diligence. He has considerable experience handling innovator-on-innovator EPO oppositions and appeals and coordinating with litigators in cases with parallel EPO and national court proceedings.
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyBiotechnology & Life SciencesPatent ProsecutionPatent Opposition & Appeals
Office
Expertise
Therapeutic AntibodiesGene TherapyCell TherapyDiagnostics (including NIPT)Freedom-to-Operate (FTO)Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)EPO Oppositions & AppealsDue Diligence and Finance-related IP Advice
Education
- University of Warwick, BSc Microbiology and Virology
- University of Warwick, PhD in Molecular Microbiology
Admissions
- European Patent Attorney
- UK Patent Attorney
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
- Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)