About
Partner and patent attorney at Mewburn Ellis LLP specialising in chemistry and sustainable technologies, experienced in drafting and prosecuting UK and international patent portfolios, and in opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO; regularly provides patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions. She is the firm’s Sustainability Champion leading its environmental strategy; she joined Mewburn Ellis in 2013, qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2017, and became a partner in 2022.
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyPatent ProsecutionPatent LitigationLife SciencesChemicals & MaterialsSustainability
Office
Expertise
Sustainable polymers (including bio/new polymers and chemical recycling)Nature-based materials (e.g. cellulose pigments, mycelium, algal materials)Plant-based foods (sweeteners and protein alternatives)Battery electrode materialsCarbon capture, storage and utilisation materials and methodsSustainable refrigerant materialsSmall-molecule chemistry for therapeutics and agricultural applicationsSustainable chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and biotech clients
Education
- Master’s degree in Natural Sciences (specialising in Chemistry), Cambridge University
- DPhil (Doctor of Philosophy) in Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford
- Post-doctoral research, University of Oxford
- Post-doctoral research, Kyoto University
Admissions
- Chartered Patent Attorney (qualified 2017)
- European Patent Attorney (qualified 2017)