Mark Willis

I am a European patent attorney and have a broad range of patent experience in the areas of chemistry, pharmacy, medical technology and nutrition. The main focus of my work is the prosecution of oppositions and appeals for large food multinationals.

I obtained my Master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Manchester (UK). After graduating, I completed a PhD in the field of organic synthesis, also at the University of Manchester. My PhD research focused on the development of synthetic methods towards the synthesis of chaetochalasin A. Thanks to this research, I have gained strong analytical skills which I use to quickly get to the heart of customer’s inventions.

In my spare time I like to cycle and do aikido.

Education

• European Patent Attorney
• Part-qualified UK Patent Attorney
• PGCert Intellectual Property, Bournemouth University (UK)
• PhD Synthetic Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester (UK)
• MChem Chemistry, University of Manchester (UK)

Publications

• M. Willis et al, Org. Biomol. Chem, 2014, 12, 7537-7550.