About
Partner and head of the Life Sciences and Chemistry group at Kilburn & Strode LLP, Sarah Lau focuses on biotechnology and related interdisciplinary technologies. She has nearly 20 years’ experience advising on patent strategy and prosecution, including international prosecution, EPO oppositions and appeals, across areas such as synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, proteomics, diagnostics, medical devices and antibody/TCR technologies.
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyLife SciencesChemistryBiotechnologyMedical DevicesPatent Prosecution
Office
Expertise
Synthetic biologyNext-generation DNA sequencingProteomicsDiagnosticsMedical devicesAntibody and TCR technologyBioinformaticsDigital healthMachine learning / AI in the life sciencesPatent prosecution, EPO oppositions & appealsAdvising academic institutes, startups and multinationals
Education
- BA (Hons) Natural Sciences (Zoology) - University of Cambridge (2001), specialising in molecular and cellular biology
- Intellectual Property Litigation Certificate
Admissions
- European Patent Attorney
- Chartered UK Patent Attorney