Dr Matt Barton
Partner
Matt is highly experienced in patent prosecution and drafting at the EPO, UKIPO and WIPO. He has extensive experience in EPO opposition and appeal practice, as well as freedom-to-operate and opinion work.
Some of Matt’s recent successes at EPO opposition and appeal include:
- EP2914124 – defending our client’s patent claiming nutritional compositions, with the patent being maintained as granted after appeal.
- EP3191613 – revocation of a competitor patent in the aluminium alloy space.
- EP3400943 – defence of our client’s pharmaceutical composition patent against two oppositions.
- EP2675932 – revocation of a competitor patent in the aluminium alloy space.
His technical background is general chemistry, with a focus in the medical field on small molecules and drug conjugates. He also has a deep understanding of optoelectronic compounds, battery cathode materials, chromatography, and aerogels. Matt’s particular specialism is in metallurgy, especially aluminium alloys and their methods of processing and production. Given his EPO opposition and appeal experience, he is often a team member for contentious matters in other technical areas such as medical devices.
He has a mixture of clients, ranging from small companies and individual inventors to large corporations. He particularly enjoys working directly with clients and being an additional European member of their IP teams.
Matt holds a BSc and a PhD in chemistry. His PhD was multidisciplinary, involving synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds, characterisation, and electrochemistry.
Matt enjoys cooking, especially barbecuing. He also enjoys sports and fitness, particularly running, as well as travelling, reading, and playing the piano.
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Qualifications
- European Patent Attorney
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney
- Unified Patent Court Representative
Practice Areas
- Advanced Materials & Processing
- Additive Manufacturing
- Alloys
- Batteries
- Catalysts
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Cleantech
- Cosmetics
- Domestic Appliances
- Food Technology
- Healthcare and Therapeutics
- Household Products
- Industrial Processes
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials
- Medical Devices
- Medical use Patents
- Mechanical Devices
- Metallurgy
- Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Engineering
- Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals
- Organic Chemistry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Physical Chemistry
- Polymer
- Small Molecules
