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Edward Couchman

Edward Couchman

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Edward Couchman

Senior Associate, Patent Attorney

Life Sciences

Cambridge

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Ed handles patent work across the life sciences/biotech field, primarily in relation to therapeutics. He is very experienced in drafting patent applications and prosecuting them around the world, and also manages opposition and appeal work at the European Patent Office.

Areas of Expertise

  • Vaccine technology
  • Antibody therapeutics
  • Cell therapies and related technologies
  • Microbiology and the microbiome

Clients

Ed’s clients are mainly based in the USA and Europe, and vary from small start-ups, highly-regarded universities and research institutes to multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Background

Ed has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and a PhD in molecular microbiology from Imperial College London. His PhD research focussed on putative virulence factors in Clostridium difficile.

Ed qualified as a European and Chartered Patent Attorney in 2021, and joined Mewburn Ellis in 2022.