Schlich and Co.
European patent attorneys
Steve is a senior European Patent Attorney, qualified in 1973, and from 1976 was a Partner in a leading UK Patent Attorney firm, ultimately acting as Senior Partner and head of its Life Sciences section. From 2006 to date he has acted as an independent IP Consultant.

His main practice is in Chemistry and Life Sciences, particularly the fields of small molecule pharmaceuticals and recombinant DNA technology.



Stephen Ritter MA(CANTAB)

EPA
ATTORNEY


 

Steve Ritter brings to Schlich LLP his wealth of patent attorney knowledge and his extensive experience in EPO Oppositions and Appeals; he has represented Patentees and Opponents in several leading cases including ones concerned with α-interferon, humanised antibodies, phage display, DNA fingerprinting and polynucleotide arrays. In many of these, International litigation was contemplated or in progress.

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