Robert Dempster Partner Chartered Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney European Design Attorney Office Location: Southampton

Specialist Fields

Particular areas of interest include biotechnology, especially immunology, molecular biology, antibody technology, stem cells and bioinformatics; medical devices; food technology; diagnostics and therapeutics, and pharmaceuticals including drug delivery and formulation.

Technical Background

MA in Natural Sciences, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, specialising in pharmacology.

DPhil in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, investigating the expression and function of chemokines in inflammation of the central nervous system.

Professional Experience

Involved in patent representation in both private practice and industry since 1999. Experience of advising academics, start-ups and multinational corporations in a wide variety of areas of patent law. Worked in the patent department of a major pharmaceutical company, including experience of competitor surveillance and litigation.

Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London in 2000, awarded GlaxoSmithKline Prize for Patent Law. Qualified as European and Chartered Patent Attorney in 2003.

Joined D Young & Co in 2006. Partner 2009.

Selected Technical Publications

• CXC chemokines generate age-related increases in neutrophil-mediated brain inflammation and blood-brain barrier breakdown. Current Biology (1998) 8(16):923-6
• Chemokine targets in acute brain injury and disease. Progress in Brain Research (2001) 132:507-24

Languages

Fluent in German, basic French.