Sam Judge

Sam is a European Patent Attorney and Chartered Patent Attorney, specialising in chemistry.  His primary technical areas are pharmaceuticals, agrochemistry, and materials chemistry.

 

Sam holds a first-class chemistry degree from the University of Edinburgh, and was awarded a prize for academic performance.  His degree included elective modules in physics and biochemistry, as well as a final-year project on solving the structure of a reactive intermediate using a combination of experimental and computational techniques.

 

Before joining the IP profession in 2012, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist measuring physicochemical properties of small molecules.

 

His experience includes advising on IP strategy; drafting and prosecuting patent applications to build clients' portfolios; and disrupting clients' competitors by filing oppositions and third-party observations. His clients range from individual inventors and start-ups to multinationals.

 

He is a keen speaker at events, including volunteering as a guest lecturer for University College London’s Synthetic Biology master’s programme. 

 

Sam is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and sits on the committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Law interest group.