Anna Gregson

Anna entered the patent profession in 2008, working in private practice before qualifying as a European Patent Attorney and a Chartered Patent Attorney in 2012. She works with a diverse range of clients; from university technology transfer organisations to international corporations. The “commercially savvy” Anna is recommended in the latest edition of IAM Strategy 300 as one of the world’s leading IP strategists, and in the inaugural IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders guide, receiving praise for being “the ultimate safe pair of hands… She puts her clients first at all times and is a delight to work with”. She is recommended in the most recent IAM Patent 1000 guide, in which she is described as a “biotechnology ace”, who is “unwaveringly reliable and determined”. Anna is also recommended in the latest (2022) edition of The Legal 500, in which she has been praised for being “accessible”, “knowledgeable”, and having a “really outstanding, can-do attitude” (2021).

Expertise

Anna is experienced in drafting and prosecuting applications, as well as coordinating worldwide patent families. She has also been involved in both oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office and with patent landscape searching, monitoring of third party patents, and applications of interest to clients. Anna has experience in a wide range of subject matter in the fields of biotechnology and life sciences, including therapeutic antibodies, plant biotechnology, advanced therapy and stem cells. She also has experience of advising on plant variety rights.

Academic

Anna graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first class MA honours degree in natural sciences, specialising in pathology. She went on to obtain a PhD in biochemistry from Manchester University. Her research focused on the control of angiogenesis in the eye, uncontrolled angiogenesis being a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in older adults.

Memberships & organisations

Anna is a member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the European Patent Institute (EPI).

Awards

Sectors

Agri-tech

Biotechnology

Life sciences & chemistry

Universities

Anna Gregson is a smart, considerate, and reliable business partner to universities, SMEs, and multinational organisations. She exhibits a thorough awareness of the market and understands the importance of intellectual property to a company’s overall business plan.

IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders (2023)

‘Biotechnology ace Anna Gregson has made her name as a guiding light for university technology transfer organisations, but assists a wide breadth of clients including international corporations. Her loyal clients, whose needs she always puts first, find her unwaveringly reliable and determined.’

IAM Patent 1000 (2021)

‘Commercially savvy UK and European patent attorney Anna Gregson is the ultimate safe pair of hands no matter how challenging the brief. She puts her clients first at all times and is a delight to work with.’

IAM Strategy 300 (2020)

Anna Gregson “is accessible, knowledgeable and provide a really outstanding, can-do attitude”.

The Legal 500 (2021)

“Our attorney at Mathys & Squire is absolutely outstanding. Anna is very commercially focused, very easy to deal with, very practically minded and also incredibly thorough. She has taken on full control of an extremely complex and important IP portfolio. She has coped very well with all the changes in our business over the past few months. I don’t have the same technology background as she has and she is able to explain the science clearly to me. I would rate her very, very highly.”