Overview:

Ana is an associate European patent attorney with over a decade of experience. With a background in chemistry, she has collaborated with clients in diverse sectors such as cosmetics, carbon capture, pharmaceuticals, chemical mechanical polishing compositions, plasma arc torch technology, and battery technology.

She holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bristol and has completed a year of post-doctoral research. Prior to her career in patent law, Ana worked as a scientist for various multinational companies. Additionally, she has served as an IP Manager for a startup specialising in preventive medicine and diagnostics.

Ana provides counsel to a broad spectrum of clients, including universities, startups, and large corporations. She has extensive experience advising global businesses on patent prosecution before the EPO and related matters.

Experience:

  • Prosecuting European patent applications for a US chemical company and acting as part of their IP team working to get their patent applications through to grant. Advising on issues that arise allowing the best choices to be made by the client for their business.
  • Drafting patent applications for a leading global pharmacy, health and beauty enterprise.
  • Preparing an opposition based on prior use and inventive step attacks.

Testimonial:

“From her time in academia and industry Ana brings to Barker Brettell real life experience of what it is like to be a scientist involved with patents or the IP responsible contact at a SME. She understands the benefits of taking time to get to know the area of technology that the client is working on and what they are trying to achieve. Ana handles cases for a variety of clients and works hard to get to know their needs allowing her to provide the service they are looking for. She clearly enjoys finding solutions to issues that the clients face, be they complex objections to a patent application or the best way to define protection for an invention, and she is tenacious in her search for the most sensible way forward for the client. I enjoy working with Ana, she is always ready to ask questions and discuss cases which will stand her in good stead as her career progresses.”

Lucy Trueman, Patent Attorney & Partner, Barker Brettell.