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Nick Sutcliffe
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Work Department
Life Sciences
Position
Partner, Patent Attorney
Career
Nick works across the full range of patent activity in the life sciences sector, from pre-drafting advice and drafting of applications to worldwide portfolio management, prosecution and appeal. He is also experienced in defensive and offensive European oppositions and due diligence work.
Areas of Expertise
Biological therapeutics Gene therapy Regenerative medicine Diagnostics and biomarkers Platform technologies Next-generation drug modalitiesNick has a wide range of clients in the life sciences field, from universities to spin-outs and start-ups, SMEs, charities and research institutions.
He joined Mewburn Ellis LLP in 1997, qualifying as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2001. He joined the partnership in 2003. In 2015, he was awarded a Higher Courts Litigation Certificate.
Education
He gained a BSc (Hons.) degree in biochemistry from the University of Bristol in 1990, then a PhD from the Department of Biochemistry at Leicester University in 1995.