About
Joanna Cripps is an Operations Partner and Patent Attorney in the firm's Life Sciences team with over 30 years' experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent work. She assists the Managing Partner and Chairperson with day-to-day firm operations, sits on the Management Board, and specialises in patent drafting, prosecution, opinion work, freedom-to-operate analysis and European opposition and appeals.
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyPatentsLife SciencesBiotechnologyPharmaceuticals
Office
Expertise
ImmunologyRecombinant nucleic acid technologyGenetic engineeringVirologyBacteriologyBiomedical research toolsDiagnostics (including proteomics, receptor-ligand assays, genomic and microarray arrays)Personalised medicineFreedom-to-operate analysisDue diligencePatent drafting, prosecution and European opposition/appeals
Education
- Degree in Biochemistry and Zoology, Cardiff University
- PhD in Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Admissions
- Patent Attorney