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Contact Details
Practice Areas
- Technology
- Designs
- Licensing & Exploiting IP
- Creating & Managing IP Portfolios
- Oppositions & Disputes
- Life Sciences & Chemistry
- Environmental Technology
Education
- Bristol University
Chemistry BSc (Hons)
Chris Hamer
BSc EPA CPA
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Chris has an Honours Degree in chemistry from Bristol University. He qualified as a Chartered and European Patent Attorney in 2002. Before joining Mathys & Squire in 2004, he spent two years working for a German firm of patent attorneys in Munich. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society and has been an invited speaker at universities and conferences.
Chris works in the field of chemistry, with particular expertise in oil and petrochemical technologies, catalytic processes, pharmaceuticals, polymers and composite materials, food chemistry and absorbent articles. He is also involved in protecting inventions in the environmental sector, including solar cells, biofuels, electrochemical reactions and green solvents. He is one of the world's leading attorneys in the field of ionic liquid technologies and represents clients in four continents.
His practice areas include drafting and prosecution of global patent families, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office where he has significant experience and a successful track record having acted for international companies such as BP, Ineos, Borealis, Sasol, Toray, Novartis, and the QUILL Research Centre, as well as strategic planning and freedom-to-operate advice.
In addition, Chris is also experienced in dealing with design and copyright infringement and validity.
Chris is recommended by both Legal 500 and Chambers for his "high-quality advice on patents involving a chemistry angle."
