Abigail Spreadbury
Trainee Patent Attorney
Europe
London
Abigail joined Marks and Clerk as a trainee patent attorney in 2022.
Before joining Marks and Clerk, Abigail graduated from UCL with a Master's degree in Biochemistry. Her research project focused on studying the structure of bacterial membrane proteins using Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM).
Languages
- English
Qualifications
MSci Biochemistry, University College London (UCL) (2022)
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UPC: No requirement to disclose commercial information in request to amend claim
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UPC Court of Appeal defines timeline and justification for changing the language of proceedings
On 17 April 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) issued an order changing the language of proceedings from German to English in the...
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