James is a European and UK qualified patent attorney in the Life Sciences team at Kilburn & Strode. 
 
He advises a range of clients on technologies across the life sciences, with a focus on biological therapeutic products, such as nucleic acids and antibodies, and computational biology. He brings a practical and commercially informed approach to matters such as complex prosecution relating to commercial-stage therapeutic products or active clinical trials, advice on IP strategy and freedom-to-operate, and contentious work.
 
James has particular technical expertise in cross-sector subject-matter, with a background including research projects on deep-learning AI models for object tracking, as well as molecular dynamics simulations, ligand pocket prediction and protein docking. He finds this expertise particularly useful when advising clients on navigating the complexities of patent law for cross-sector innovation in bioinformatics and digital health.

Qualifications

European Patent Attorney 
Chartered UK Patent Attorney 
PGCert Intellectual Property Law – Queen Mary University of London (2023)
MSc Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology – Imperial College London (2021)
BSc (Hons) Biotechnology – Imperial College London (2020)


Memberships

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) 
The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)