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Rhiannon Wescott

IP Director, Patent Attorney · Mewburn Ellis LLP

EnglandIntellectual Property, Patents

About

IP Director and patent attorney at Mewburn Ellis LLP specialising in biotechnology patents, particularly therapeutics from early leads to marketed products. She handles European patent work including complex multi-party opposition proceedings and is a member of the firm's SPC team.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatentsLife SciencesBiotechnologyPharmaceuticalsPatent Litigation

Office

Expertise

Antibody production and therapeutic antibody developmentPersonalised therapies (especially cancer therapies)Protein engineeringDiagnosticsImmunologyVirologyEuropean patent oppositions and multi-party opposition proceedingsSupplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and patent term extension (PTE)

Education

  • Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge

Admissions

  • Chartered Patent Attorney (qualified 2014)
  • European Patent Attorney (qualified 2015)