George W Schlich, MA (Cantab)

George has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK, specialising in biology of cells, chemistry, pathology, physiology, mathematics, pharmacology and history and philosophy of science. He qualified as a European Patent Attorney, Chartered Patent Attorney and Registered Trade Mark Attorney in 1993.

George has considerable experience in the protection of inventions, via patents, designs, and trade marks, in areas from stem cells to breakfast cereals, from recombinant proteins to vaccines and from inhalation pharmaceuticals to cathode arc deposition of thin films. He specialises in patents in the chemical and biochemical fields and also advises on trade marks and designs.

George has represented patent owners and opponents at inter-partes hearings before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the UK Patent Office, and has extensive experience of Opposition and Appeals, meriting an entry in the UK's "Legal 500". He has also attended interviews with examiners at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Before founding Schlich & Co, George was previously at Mathys & Squire, where he was an equity partner from 1999 until 2004. George is in-house patent counsel for Stem Cell Sciences Plc.

email: g w s c h l i c h @ s c h l i c h . c o . u k

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