Patent Prosecution is part of our work in European and UK IP Law.
Finnegan's London office drafts, files, and prosecutes patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) and UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), and also under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Our European patent attorneys often work side by side with our U.S. attorneys to provide clients with strategic and cost efficient coordination of their patent portfolio. Our European patent attorneys also have substantial opposition and appeal experience that enables them to prosecute applications with an eye toward enforcement as well as defending against challenges.
Our London team includes recognized experts and seasoned professionals, as well as experienced junior team members, each with extensive technical and/or prosecution experience. They all have science and/or engineering backgrounds, and many hold advanced degrees in their technical fields or have worked in the industry, with the technologies at issue spanning nearly every industry sector.
Our European patent attorneys also have particular expertise in requirements for PCT applications, including how to draft and efficiently prosecute an "EPO friendly" PCT application which satisfies the requirements in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. This coordinated approach helps to improve the quality and efficiency of prosecution, thereby reducing costs.
Finnegan prepared and prosecuted patents for startup Hutchison Medipharma in the United States for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Those patents cover a small molecule, fruquintinib, which received approval in China.
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Patenting Pharmaceutical Drug Formulations: Withstanding Litigation and PTAB Challenges
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