Paul Kaufman

Paul is a Partner in the Life Sciences team, specialising in small molecule pharmaceuticals. He coordinates filing and prosecution strategies for patent applications at all stages of the product lifecycle and has extensive experience representing clients in multi-party EPO opposition and appeal proceedings. Paul was shortlisted for MIP’s Rising Star of the Year award in 2024. A significant area of Paul’s practice is in Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and other patent term extensions. He is experienced in planning and implementing complex pan-European SPC filing strategies and coordinating worldwide patent term extension portfolios. Given Paul’s expertise in this area, he often works in concert with the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels to defend SPCs for some of the world’s largest selling drugs from generic challenge in UK and European tribunals. · Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

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Paul Kaufman is a Partner in the Life Sciences team at Carpmaels & Ransford LLP, specialising in small molecule pharmaceuticals and coordinating filing and prosecution strategies across the product lifecycle. He has extensive experience in multi-party EPO opposition and appeal proceedings and a significant practice in Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and other patent term extensions; he was shortlisted for MIP’s Rising Star of the Year award in 2024.

Practice areas

Life SciencesIntellectual PropertyPharmaceuticalsPatent ProsecutionPatent Litigation

Office

England

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP · Paul is a Partner in the Life Sciences team, specialising in small molecule pharmaceuticals. He coordinates filing and prosecution strategies for patent applications at all stages of the product lifecycle and has extensive experience representing clients in multi-party EPO opposition and appeal proceedings. Paul was shortlisted for MIP’s Rising Star of the Year award in 2024. A significant area of Paul’s practice is in Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and other patent term extensions. He is experienced in planning and implementing complex pan-European SPC filing strategies and coordinating worldwide patent term extension portfolios. Given Paul’s expertise in this area, he often works in concert with the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels to defend SPCs for some of the world’s largest selling drugs from generic challenge in UK and European tribunals.

England

Expertise

Small-molecule pharmaceuticalsSupplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and patent term extensionsPan-European SPC filing strategiesCoordinating worldwide patent term extension portfoliosEPO oppositions and appealsMulti-party proceedingsPatent filing and prosecution strategy

Education

MChem (Merton College, University of Oxford)
Certificate in IP Law (Queen Mary University of London)

Admissions

Chartered Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative (European Patent Litigator)