Boult Wade Tennant LLP

Michelle  is a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney in the Chemical and Materials Group.

Partner

I have extensive experience of portfolio management which involves managing teams of fee earners to successfully prosecute large patent portfolios in a cost effective, consistent and timely manner. I have significant experience dealing with prosecution of applications and providing strategic advice. I also handle Oppositions and Appeals before the EPO.

I pursued a career as a patent attorney as I wanted to put my years of studying chemistry at university (for my undergraduate and doctorate) to good use. I joined Boult shortly after leaving university and have worked here ever since. I have experience working across a diverse spectrum of technologies in the chemical area, including pest control, chemical engineering, petrochemicals, catalysts and zeolites, polymers, healthcare products, colloids and small molecule chemistry. I work for large corporations as well as individual inventors and start-ups. When I started in the profession, I undertook a short secondment with one of our clients to build an in-depth understanding of their technology and field work, and to better understand their commercial interests.

I am on the UK Council of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), where I was also Treasurer for a number of years.

CIPA EPI The Royal Society of Chemistry UK Council for AIPPI (UK)

Chartered UK Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney DPhil Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford MChem, University of Oxford