Sue Scott
Consultant
European Patent Attorney
Chartered Patent Attorney
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Sue Scott has a
degree in Chemistry from Oxford University.
She first joined Abel & Imray in 1975, before moving on to spend 17 years
in the oil and chemical industries where she handled a wide variety of chemical
patent work, particularly in the agrochemical area, and also research-based
agreement work, including collaborative research agreements (for example EU and
UK government-funded collaborations with other companies and with academic
institutions) and licence agreements, becoming Agreements Counsel for BP
Research, with full responsibility for all such agreements. From 1995 until
2002 she was head of patents at BTG plc, the leading technology transfer
company, and had responsibility for the management of the in-house patent
functions in London and Philadelphia, and all patent related issues within the
company, including those arising out of licensing, due diligence concerned with
the acquisition of IP and the acquisition and demerging of companies, and
litigation. From 1997 to 2001 Sue chaired the Patents Committee of TMPDF, the
principal UK lobbying body in the field of intellectual property representing
the interests of UK industry. She has acted as an advisor on patent matters to
the UK Government, being a member of UK government delegations on a number of
occasions.
Sue re-joined Abel & Imray as a consultant in 2002 and works from the
firm's London office. She has handled inventions arising from sources as
diverse as major multinationals, small companies and universities, and has been
involved in litigation and arbitration in a number of jurisdictions. She is
experienced in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the EPO
and worldwide, including in the pharmaceutical field, and has also been
involved in opinion work in that field. She has a deep knowledge of patent
strategy, portfolio management, and the exploitation of patents, particularly
by licensing but also by the creation of start-up companies, and has given a
number of presentations on various of these subjects.