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Scientific support and consulting for patents in the following areas

  • General organic chemistry including drug synthesis
  • Formulation and drug delivery, including solubility enhancement
  • Physical form of drugs, e.g. polymorphism, amorphous, crystal form
  • Inhaled drug delivery
  • Chirality and enantiomeric excess
  • Catalysis, including precious metals and Palladium in organic synthesis
  • Analytical and QC – including validation of analytical methods
  • Review of scientific patents and papers

Consultancy offering

  • Act as your scientific expert to support your patent projects in the early stages – so that you do not need to pay for, or risk ‘contaminating’, your expert witness until you decide you need to instruct them.
  • Validate and discuss your understanding of the science with you, leaving you more time to focus on the legal complexities of the case.
  • Find literature and evidence to support prior art objections, analyse scientific papers and patents and summarise the relevant issues and information to present to your team.
  • Support the development of strategies to defend or destroy a patent at any stage in the filing process, from filing/ review at the EPO to final challenges in the High Court.
  • Design and manage the delivery of practical work in support of your patent defence or litigation.
  • On call as needed, with a thoroughly professional service – delivering to required deadlines and explaining the results personally.