Hector Christodoulou
With experience working with the latest technologies across industrial chemistry and healthcare, Hector enjoys getting to grips with the chemical and engineering aspects of a variety of technologies to help secure and leverage IP rights for businesses of all sizes.
Hector, who is training to become a qualified European and UK patent attorney, works in Potter Clarkson’s chemistry and pharmaceuticals team, giving him exposure to a variety of IP matters and technologies. He particularly enjoys working in the energy storage, materials, chemical manufacturing and healthcare sectors.
He has experience in the planning, preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the UK, Europe and globally, and supports the EPO oppositions and appeals team.
Before joining the firm, Hector earned a first-class master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Bristol, where he completed a research project in the Complex Functional Materials group. He then worked in industry as a separation scientist, gaining hands-on experience in liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography.
- Innovation capture and drafting patent applications
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
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- MSci, Chemistry, University of Bristol
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How We Live Our Values: Ambition
Exploring a wide range of topics during my degree helped me develop the versatility I now apply to working at the intersection of science, law, and business. I'm driven to understand our clients’ technologies as well as their commercial aims, so we can implement IP strategies that add real value and support their future growth.
In My Own Words
During my time at university and in industry, I experienced both the highs and lows of lab work. When I learned that patent attorneys get to work with successful research on its way to becoming real-world products, I was very enthusiastic. It felt like a perfect way to stay connected to science while exploring something new.
What I find most rewarding about the job now is the variety. One day I might be helping deliver an IP training session to ambitious SMEs, and the next I’m developing arguments to convince the patent office that one of our client’s competitors’ patents should be revoked.
