Patents

Simon’s area of expertise encompasses both biological and chemical subject matter including the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, dfood technology and nutrition, plant physiology, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and polymer chemistry. Simon represents a number of clients ranging from academic institutions to multinational corporations from Europe, the US and Japan.

Simon advises on all aspects of patent law including patent drafting and prosecution, due diligence, and the provision of validity and infringement opinions. Simon has considerable experience in contentious inter partes proceedings before the EPO and regularly represents clients in EPO oppositions. He has additionally advised clients completing IP due diligence for stock market flotations.

European patent attorney 2007; chartered patent attorney 2006. D Young & Co partner 2010.

Prior to joining D Young & Co in 2001, Simon was a pharmaceutical research analyst for Datamonitor plc.

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA); European Patent Institute (epi).

Churchill College, University of Cambridge (MA in Natural Sciences, majored in chemistry); Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University (PhD in Biological Chemistry, research into mode of action and biosynthesis of vancomycin group antibiotics – research funded by Eli Lilly); Queen Mary College, University of London (Certificate in Intellectual Property Law).