About
Partner at Elkington + Fife LLP and a UK and European patent attorney (also a UPC representative) who specialises in building patent portfolios for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, advising across prosecution, EPO oppositions and multi-jurisdictional litigation, with particular experience at the interface of patent and EU regulatory law (SPCs, paediatric rewards, orphan exclusivity).
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyLife SciencesPharmaceuticalsPatent ProsecutionPatent LitigationRegulatory & Compliance
Office
Expertise
Biotechnology patentsClinical development candidatesNew medical usesManufacturing process patentsSupplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)Paediatric rewardsOrphan drug market exclusivityEPO opposition proceedingsUPC representationMulti-jurisdictional patent litigation
Education
- Ph.D., Molecular Genetics and Microbiology — Stony Brook University (2005)
Admissions
- European Patent Attorney
- Chartered UK Patent Attorney
- UPC Representative
Languages
GermanEnglish