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Maucher Jenkins Offices
BROADMEDE HOUSE
FARNHAM BUSINESS PARK
FARNHAM, SURREY
GU9 8QT
England
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Reuben Jacob
Work Department
Patents | Life Sciences & MedTech
Position
Reuben is a Partner in the Patents team, Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney.
Career
Reuben has built up a wealth of experience in advising clients operating in the fields of biotechnology, medtech, medical device patents and chemistry, including representing industrial clients, universities and research organisations. His special interest is in helping SMEs enhance their businesses by the creation of strategies for the acquisition, organisation and exploitation of their intellectual property rights. In terms of specialist technologies, Reuben has a particular interest in fungal genetics/technologies, medical device patents, medtech and laboratory instrumentation such as thermalcyclers and lab-on-a-chip devices.
Reuben has successfully completed the UPOV course “Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention”.
Over the years Reuben has gained considerable experience in conducting oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office, including appearing at oral proceedings before the Examining Division, Opposition Divisions and Appeal Boards. He is experienced in intellectual property litigation, both in a support role in the UK and in the co-ordination of Europe-wide litigation strategies including enforcement and litigation support in Germany.
Languages
English, French.
Memberships
FICPI; AIPPI; British Mycological Society; senior associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Education
Alleyn’s School; Queen Mary College, University of London, (1988 BSc Hons Microbiology and Genetics); European Patent Attorney (1995); UK Patent Attorney (1996).
Leisure
In his spare time, Reuben enjoys shooting, fishing, skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Anglo-German firm Maucher Jenkins has offices located in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and China (with a new office that opened in November 2022 in Upper Francon), and is therefore well-equipped to support a wide range of clients in filing and prosecuting patent applications, as well as assisting with patent portfolio and FTO reviews, and validity and infringement analysis. The team also boasts specialist patent litigators across the UK and Germany. In London, James Cross heads up the IT, satellites, software, fintech, and electronics work while Cambridge-based Hugh Dunlop chairs the telecoms, green energy, and the Internet-of-Things matters. Reuben Jacob (Edinburgh) spearheads the life sciences team, with expertise across medtech, pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemistry, and agrochemicals, and Holly Whitlock (Edinburgh) and Phil Treeby (London) both lead the engineering, physics, and mathematics patenting group.