Stephanie Pilkington

Partner

MA (Cantab), PhD, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorney, Member of Biochemistry Society and CIPA Life Sciences Committee.

Stephanie read natural sciences (biochemistry) at Trinity College, Cambridge, before completing a PhD in molecular biology at the Medical Research Councils Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.

After continuing her research at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and serving as a Research Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, she worked for a large international company as a research biochemist.

Stephanie joined Potter Clarkson in 1997 and became a Partner in 2004. Her experience is wide-ranging and includes extensive experience in advising SME's and academic technology transfer departments.

Diary Dates
News & Publications

Date	Event Infomation
Jun 13	PraxisUnico Annual Conference Southampton
Jun 18	2012 Bio International Convention Boston, USA

Date	News Infomation
Oct 07 2011	File before you disclose is still the way to do it US patent reform is moving the US patent system much closer to those of other countries, but there remain significant differences, particularly in how the availability of public disclosures and earlier patent applications as prior art is determined. In assessing the new opportunities that the new US patent system may present, it is important not to forget the requirements in territories outside the US.

Date

News Infomation

Oct

2011

File before you disclose is still the way to do it

US patent reform is moving the US patent system much closer to those of other countries, but there remain significant differences, particularly in how the availability of public disclosures and earlier patent applications as prior art is determined. In assessing the new opportunities that the new US patent system may present, it is important not to forget the requirements in territories outside the US.