Kilburn & Strode LLP

Life sciences & Chemistry

Partner

Jo is a partner in the chemistry team at Kilburn & Strode and has over 20 years of experience in representing clients before the European Patent Office.

Throughout this period, Jo has worked in the specialty (performance) chemicals sector and her experience includes small molecule actives and formulations for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, engineered polymers, dispersants, coatings, lubricant/fuel additives, additives for drilling/fracturing fluids, silicates for refractory cements, coatings, cleaning and personal care applications, and printing inks. The specialty chemicals market is complex and competitive. Jo has considerable expertise in acting for her clients before the Opposition Divisions and Boards of Appeal at the EPO and is known for her thorough and strategic approach to these contentious inter partes proceedings.

Jo has a strong physical chemistry background and this is reflected in her experience with fuel cell technology (including polymer electrolyte membranes and electrode catalysts), batteries, gas sensors, solar cells, LED technology (including thermally activated delayed fluorescence compounds) and materials such as glass fibres. Jo has also worked with wound care technology and biocide detergents.

Jo’s day-to-day practice involves drafting, prosecution, EPO opposition/appeal work and opinion work on freedom-to-operate. Jo has experience in managing large corporate multi-jurisdictional portfolios and in obtaining, maintaining and developing IP positions for start-ups, SMEs and universities. Prior to working in private practice, Jo had experience working in-house at BP Chemicals, (before the acquisition of the olefins and derivatives business by Ineos).

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European Patent Attorney Chartered UK Patent AttorneyMSc in Management of Intellectual Property, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of LondonPhD (chemistry - UHV study of ammonia oxidation on Pt{100} using supersonic molecular beams), University of CambridgeMA, BA Hons Natural Sciences (chemistry), University of Cambridge