James Peel, M.Sc, CPA, EPA

James Peel is a Chartered Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney, and a UK designs attorney. James holds a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary and Westfield College. James is a consultant to Ogive Intellectual Property Ltd and also runs his own practice J. P. Peel & Co Ltd.

Prior to setting up J. P. Peel & Co Ltd, James was head of patents and the managing partner of the London office of a national IP firm. James has also worked as an in-house patent attorney in Sweden for a global pharmaceutical company and in East Yorkshire for a fast moving consumer goods company. This experience of giving intellectual property advice to businesses with such different commercial strategies has given James an excellent basis for helping businesses find the right intellectual property strategy for them.

James has considerable experience of obtaining patent protection at the European patent office (EPO), UK IP office and overseas. At the EPO, he also has experience of successfully representing his clients before the Examining, Opposition and Appeal Divisions. Overseas jurisdictions where James has experience of obtaining patent, utility model (where applicable) and design protection include USA, China, India, Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand and Israel.

In private practice, James has worked with clients from multinational businesses in the chemical, pharmaceutical and mining fields to start-up companies with consumer/domestic products, medical device and chemical products. He has also worked with technology transfer departments and overseas attorneys.

Having a degree in chemistry and experience in the pharmaceutical industry, James is able to work with chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical technologies. For example, he has experience of inventions concerning new chemical entities, polymers, dyes, pharmaceutical compositions, catalysts, agrochemicals, antibodies, grouts such as cements and resins.

James also has experience of helping companies protect mechanical devices such as plumbing devices, cleaning products, locks, rock bolts and medical devices such as stents, syringes, autoclaves, operating tables and pharmaceutical delivery devices e.g. inhalers