Jamie advises on UK, European and international patent matters (frequently the US, China, India and Japan). His work is principally concerned with chemical compositions, across pharmaceuticals, low-GWP refrigerants, PFAS replacement, detergent and cleaning products, drilling fluids, agritech and performance textiles. In pharmaceuticals the emphasis is on small molecule and antibody-drug conjugate development and the full lifecycle of an asset — from new chemical entities to formulations, dosage regimens, combination therapies and second medical use.
Before joining Script, Jamie spent nearly six years as a Patent Examiner at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), examining applications in the chemical and industrial process fields. Within that, he spent two and a half years seconded as editor of the Manual of Patent Practice (MOPP), the definitive guide to UKIPO practice under the Patents Act 1977. As a result, Jamie has an unusually deep knowledge of UK patent law and procedure, and a rare insight into the behind-the-scenes mechanics that decide outcomes relating to discretionary extensions of time, late filing of divisional applications, third-party observations, post-grant amendments and rule 107 requests to correct irregularities attributable to the Office.
Owing to his background, Jamie is frequently called upon to advise on the idiosyncrasies of UK examining practice, and regularly prosecutes the UK national phase of PCT applications on behalf of international clients wishing to avoid exposure to European opposition proceedings.
Jamie came to the profession from academic research, having spent five years in academia in the UK and Canada — obtaining his PhD in synthetic coordination chemistry in 2015, followed by postdoctoral work on solid-state NMR characterisation of crystalline forms, the techniques underpinning polymorph, co-crystal and salt-form patents. He is the author of 16 peer-reviewed academic journal publications (including 2 journal front covers), which have together attracted over 1,000 citations — among them a first-authored review in Chemical Science which itself has been cited 700+ times.
Memberships
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Student Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
- Student Member of the European Patent Institute
Qualifications
- PgCert Intellectual Property (Distinction), Bournemouth University, UK (2024)
- Diploma in Law and Intellectual Property (Distinction), The University of South Wales, UK (2021)
- PhD in Synthetic Coordination Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, UK (2015)
- MChem in Chemistry with Materials Chemistry (First Class Honours), The University of Edinburgh, UK (2012)
Specialist areas
- New chemical entities
- Antibody-drug conjugates — linkers and payloads
- New indications, dosage regimens and combinations
- Polymorphs, co-crystals, salts and enantiomers
- Deuterated forms
- Low-GWP refrigerant formulations
- PFAS replacement and PFAS-free technologies
- Dishwasher and surfactant formulations
Prizes
- 4th Year Class Medal and Prize for outstanding exam performance in the penultimate year of an MChem degree (2011)
- Louis Cohen Endowment Prize for the best undergraduate MChem Honours research project at the University of Edinburgh (2012)
Selected technical publications
- The Rise of 3-d Single-Ion Magnets in Molecular Magnetism: Towards Materials from Molecules? Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 2470–2491
- From Discrete Molecule, to Polymer, to MOF: Mapping the Coordination Chemistry of CdII using 113Cd Solid-State NMR, Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 10680–10683
- Crystal structure of 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-{2-hydroxy-3-[(E)-N-hydroxyethanimidoyl]-5-methylbenzyl}ethanaminium acetate monohydrate, Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2015, 71, o186–o187
- “Converting” an Hexametallic MnIII Wheel to a Dodecametallic MnIII Wheel via Ligand Oximation, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 3310–3312