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Callum McGuinn

+44 (0) 207 776 5300 callum.mcguinn@mewburn.com View profile

Work Department

Chemistry

Position

Partner, Patent Attorney, Chemistry

Career

Callum is experienced in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the chemistry and materials fields before the European Patent Office and worldwide. He represents clients in oppositions and appeals at the EPO and conducts extensive freedom to operate analyses.

Callum works with a number of large multinational chemical companies including polymer manufacturers, consumer products companies and speciality chemicals companies, as well as smaller local clients.

Callum joined Mewburn Ellis LLP in 2012, qualifying as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2016. He completed a three-month secondment to a US law firm, gaining insight into US patent practice, and currently spends two days each week on secondment to a multinational chemical company. Callum became a Partner in 2021.

Education

Callum has a Master’s degree in chemistry from Oxford University, which included a year of research focusing on spectroscopic and computational studies of small gas-phase transition metal clusters.