Mark Hooper Consulting

Scientific consulting for IP Lawyers

Looking for support with the science behind IP / patent client matters?

Dr Mark Hooper offers expert scientific support to IP lawyers. This includes carrying out practical projects, explaining the detailed science in patents, writing experimental protocols and providing precedent from the literature or common general knowledge.

With first-class scientific qualifications from Oxford and Yale Universities, an MBA from Warwick and over 15 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical development industry, Mark will bring industry and real-world experience combined with world-class scientific knowledge to your team. He can provide results & data to aid filing, expert opinion, help explain the scientific text, discuss strategies to support or invalidate a patent and carry out practical work as an independent person ‘skilled in the art’ to support claims of novelty, inventive step, sufficiency or lack thereof.

Areas of Expertise:

Organic chemistry and drug synthesis
Formulation and Drug Delivery
Inhaled drug delivery
Physical form of drugs
Chirality
Catalysis
Analytical and results validation

Practical Projects

Supporting Patent Filing

Increase your chances of success with:

discussion of the strength or nature of the science in the patents
clarification and explanation of the scientific part of your patent, protocols or submission
suggested strategies to defend or invalidate the patents
expert support in EPO or court proceedings
a review of relevant literature and surrounding patents
design of programmes to support your strategies
management and execution of practical work to agreed timelines and cost

Search Literature & Common General Knowledge

Supporting Patent Litigation

Work with Mark Hooper Consulting

Save time
Improve the quality of scientific understanding for your case
On call as required; personal explanation of results