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Mr
Nathan
Hinks

Partner & European and UK Patent Attorney

Manchester Office Alderley Park Office

Chemistry

Telephone. +44(0) 161 247 4900
Mobile. +44(0) 787 602 9593
Email. [email protected]
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Our team of specialist European patent litigators, oppositions specialists and patent attorneys bring together an extensive depth of legal and technical knowledge and are qualified to represent you in the UPC.
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Experience

As a UK and European patent attorney, Nathan works with a broad range of clients, including academic institutions, university spin-outs, SMEs and multinational organisations. He has extensive experience of drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK and Europe, as well as coordinating the prosecution of his clients’ patent portfolios across the globe.

Nathan’s clients operate across a broad spectrum of chemical technologies, including membranes, polymers, glasses, ceramics, graphene, composite materials, catalysts, coatings, inks, adhesives, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals formulations. Nathan also provides advice in relation to filing strategies, patentability and freedom-to-operate, and has a history of successes in representing clients at Oral Proceedings before the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office.

Specialisms

Industries

Services

Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

MCHEM

First class honours (University of St Andrews, Scotland)

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE

Intellectual Property Law (University of Manchester)

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE

Intellectual Property Litigation Certificate

Recognition

Rising Star 2019 (Managing Intellectual Property)

Rising Star 2020 (Managing Intellectual Property)

Publications

Managing IP Rising Stars 2024

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Managing IP's Rising Stars 2021

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MIP IP Rising Stars 2020/2021

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Conferences: 2024

7th November 2024

OUI Annual Networking Event

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