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BROADMEDE HOUSE
FARNHAM BUSINESS PARK
FARNHAM, SURREY
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Reuben Jacob
Work Department
Patents | Life Sciences & MedTech
Position
Reuben is a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney.
Reuben is head of Life Sciences and MedTech at Maucher Jenkins. He has a strong track record advising clients on matters concerning biotechnology, medtech, medical devices and chemistry.
He is a contributing author to “Handbook of Intellectual Property Management” and “Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Inventions”.
Over the years Reuben has gained considerable experience in conducting oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office, including appearing at oral proceedings before the examining division, opposition divisions and appeal boards. He is experienced in intellectual property litigation, both in a support role in the UK and in the co-ordination of Europe-wide litigation strategies including enforcement and litigation support in Germany.
Career
Partner, Edward Evans & Co, London, 1993-03. Partner, Maucher Jenkins (previously RGC Jenkins & Co.), London, 2003 – present.
Publications of note:
‘Handbook of Intellectual Property Management’ Kogan Page and UKIPO;
‘Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Inventions’ edited by Duncan Bucknell, Oxford University Press.
Languages
English, French.
Memberships
FICPI; AIPPI; British Mycological Society; senior associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Education
Alleyn’s School; Queen Mary College, University of London, (1988 BSc Hons Microbiology and Genetics); European Patent Attorney (1995); UK Patent Attorney (1996).
Leisure
In his spare time, Reuben enjoys shooting, fishing, skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Anglo-German firm Maucher Jenkins has offices located in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and China (with a new office that opened in November 2022 in Upper Francon), and is therefore well-equipped to support a wide range of clients in filing and prosecuting patent applications, as well as assisting with patent portfolio and FTO reviews, and validity and infringement analysis. The team also boasts specialist patent litigators across the UK and Germany. In London, James Cross heads up the IT, satellites, software, fintech, and electronics work while Cambridge-based Hugh Dunlop chairs the telecoms, green energy, and the Internet-of-Things matters. Reuben Jacob (Edinburgh) spearheads the life sciences team, with expertise across medtech, pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemistry, and agrochemicals, and Holly Whitlock (Edinburgh) and Phil Treeby (London) both lead the engineering, physics, and mathematics patenting group.