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Michelle Pratt

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Michelle  is a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney in the Chemical and Materials Group.

Position

Partner

Career

I have extensive experience of portfolio management which involves managing teams of fee earners to successfully prosecute large patent portfolios in a cost effective, consistent and timely manner. I have significant experience dealing with prosecution of applications and providing strategic advice. I also handle Oppositions and Appeals before the EPO.

I pursued a career as a patent attorney as I wanted to put my years of studying chemistry at university (for my undergraduate and doctorate) to good use. I joined Boult shortly after leaving university and have worked here ever since. I have experience working across a diverse spectrum of technologies in the chemical area, including pest control, chemical engineering, petrochemicals, catalysts and zeolites, polymers, healthcare products, colloids and small molecule chemistry. I work for large corporations as well as individual inventors and start-ups. When I started in the profession, I undertook a short secondment with one of our clients to build an in-depth understanding of their technology and field work, and to better understand their commercial interests.

I am on the UK Council of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), where I was also Treasurer for a number of years.

Memberships

• • CIPA
  • EPI
  • The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • UK Council for AIPPI (UK)

Education

• Chartered UK Patent Attorney
• European Patent Attorney
• DPhil Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford
• MChem, University of Oxford