Patent Assistant
Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London
BSc Biochemistry, University College London
MSc Cellular Therapy from Bench to Market, King’s College London
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Matt graduated from UCL in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. He subsequently obtained a master’s degree entitled ‘Cellular Therapy from Bench to Market’, a program which blended biology and business to explore the science, regulation and routes to market underpinning advanced therapies. His thesis was a business plan to commercialise a stem cell-derived therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Following this, Matt joined the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult as a laboratory technician gaining experience in ddPCR, cell culture, non-viral gene editing techniques, flow cytometry, as well as upstream and downstream processing of AAV (viral vector) for gene therapy applications.
Matt joined Keltie in 2022 following three years training at another leading patent law firm. He is part-qualified and working towards European and UK qualification.
Matt particularly enjoys working closely with clients to understand not only the detail behind their technology, but the business needs behind their intellectual property. He has experience in both drafting and prosecution, advising multinational pharmaceutical clients and early-stage spin-outs in a range of fields including antibodies, cell and gene therapies, small molecules and nanotechnologies.
02.04.2024
Patents, plausibility and data: one year on from G 2/21On 23 March 2023, the European Patent Office (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) published its decision in case G 2/21, concerning plausibility in patent applications. The decision provided useful guidance on how much data needs to be disclosed in a patent application to overcome objections based on the grounds of lack of inventive step and insufficiency. One year on, we take a look at how the EPO has been applying this standard in the life sciences field.
16.06.2023
Keltie ranked as one of Europe’s top Patent Law FirmsKeltie is proud to be ranked, once again, as one of Europe’s leading Patent Law Firms in the Financial Times 2023 Listings.
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