Mark Roberts Email & Phone Number

The Legal 500 identifies Mark as a ‘recommended individual’ who is “always ready with useful advice and creative solutions.” Managing Intellectual Property has gathered client opinions which state Mark is "logical, responsive and appropriate with respect to his dealings with the patent office and the client. He is very good at explaining issues that are not that familiar to US attorneys. We always value his opinion."Mark handles a broad spectrum of work originating from the UK and USA. He has a focus on medical devices and medical machines. He visits patent applicants and attorneys regularly in the USA. Mark also handles European petrochemical device work for Petrobras of Brazil and semiconductor device work from Japan. He works for a wide variety of UK clients including University College London and several technology companies.Mark is very experienced in contentious proceedings before the European Patent Office and usually attends several Opposition Division hearings each year, as well as attending a significant number of Examining Division and Board of Appeal hearings. Mark was successful in acting for Petrobras to have a commercially important patent relating to gas-lift valves belonging to Halliburton finally revoked in Europe and Norway.Mark has detailed knowledge of the intricacies of European prosecution and is also responsible within J A Kemp for monitoring changes in European patent law. As well as European and British patent work, Mark has substantial experience in instructing patent attorneys abroad to obtain patent protection for clients there, especially in the USA, Japan, Korea and China. Mark is experienced in drafting, filing and prosecuting families of applications abroad and is able to coordinate patent filing programmes in an efficient and cost-effective manner.Mark joined J A Kemp in 1997 and became a partner in 2007.Technology and Sector SpecialismsMedical Devices and Technology, Engineering, IT and Software

Listed skills include Patents, Intellectual Property, Patent Prosecution, Patent Applications, and 20 others.

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  St Catherine'S College, Oxford University

  1St Class Honours