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Ruth Shelton
MA, MSci, DPhil
Associate
Department:
Chemical & Life Sciences
Location:
Cambridge
Service:
Patents
Industry:
Biotechnology, Chemical, Medical Devices
Contact: rshelton@vennershipley.co.uk
Ruth joined Venner Shipley in 2010 as a trainee patent attorney. She is working in our Chemical and Life Sciences Department. The focus of her work is the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the field of chemistry, particularly pharmaceuticals and synthetic organic chemistry.
Professional Memberships
Student Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
Education
Ruth graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Masters degree in Natural Sciences, specialising in Chemistry. She then completed a DPhil in Organic Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Her doctoral research focused on heterocyclic chemistry, during which she completed the synthesis of a bioactive natural product.
News
- More Thoughts on Computer Implemented Inventions: The Amazon Gift-Giving European Patent
- The Patentability of Stem Cells in Europe: Referral to the European Court of Justice
- Raising the Bar
- EPO Issues Decision G 3/08 on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions
- The Community Patent is Dead, Long Live the EU Patent!
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