Elkington + Fife LLP

UK and European patent attorney and UPC representative

Associate

Sally specialises in the chemical field, with a particular focus on pharmaceuticals.

Since joining Elkington + Fife in 2017, Sally has gained experience in prosecuting applications before the EPO and has been involved in many EPO opposition proceedings.  Sally also has experience in coordinating the prosecution of international applications across a wide range of jurisdictions.

Before joining E+F, Sally studied chemistry at the University of Oxford, and obtained her MChem in 2014.  During her final year research project, Sally specialised in organic methodology, investigating the cycloisomerisation of heteroatom substituted alkynes. Sally was sponsored through university by a polypropylene films manufacturing company, where she then spent two years as an analytical chemist.

MChem – Chemistry – University of Oxford