Joined Mewburn Ellis in 1991. Chartered Patent Attorney 1994, European Patent Attorney 1995. Joined partnership in 1997.
Degree in chemistry from Oxford University.
Patent work in chemical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and nanotechnology fields, in particular protein engineering, peptide therapeutics, enzymes, microarrays, microfluidic devices, nanoparticles and proteomics. Deals mainly with prosecution and opposition/appeal. Also involved in due diligence work, strategic portfolio planning and advising start-up companies. Has experience in US re-examination proceedings. Involved in prosecution and opposition of BRCA2 patent. Clients include large and small biotechnology companies, universities and research charities.
Simon is based in our Bristol office.
Office Tel: 0117 945 1234
Office Fax: 0117 926 5692