Michael Simcox Associate Chartered Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney Office Location: Southampton

Specialist Fields

Handles all types of chemical subject matter, including pharmaceuticals, food technology, polymer chemistry and general organic/inorganic chemistry.

Technical Background

BSc in Chemistry, University of Loughborough

PhD in Organic Chemistry, University of Loughborough. Research into the synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocylic compounds by a modified Pictet-Spengler reaction.

Professional Experience

MSc in Intellectual Property Law (Queen Mary, University of London) 1999.

Patent experience in private practice since 2000.

Joined D Young & Co in 2004.

Publication

Heaney, H.; Simcox, MT.; Slawin, A.M.Z.; Giles, R.G. “Lanthanide triflate catalysed reactions of acetals with primary amines and cascade cyclisation reactions” Synlett 1998, 640-642.