Nathaniel Wand
I enjoy working with a variety of different types of client across a wide range of chemical and biological technologies, covering the whole life cycle of a patent, ranging from due diligence exercises and freedom-to-operate searches and opinions, through to patent drafting and worldwide prosecution.
I have particularly enjoyed working with numerous academic and start-up clients, to develop a patent strategy which aligns with their commercial goals and which provides them with valuable insights and relevant protection. My work for these clients covers a wide-range of technology fields relating to biotechnology and molecular biology, including T-cell receptors, antibodies and antibody fragments, viral vectors, regulatory elements, gene editing technologies, and synthetic proteins. I have also appreciated working with large multinational clients from Europe, the USA and Japan, across a range of technology fields, including food technology, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and polymer chemistry.
I joined the biotechnology, chemistry & pharmaceutical team at D Young & Co in 2017 and fully qualified as a European and Chartered patent attorney in 2021. Since joining, I have had extensive drafting experience across a wide-range of technologies and have been involved in drafting over 100 applications for different clients. I have substantial experience in contentious proceedings, being involved in over 30 EPO opposition and appeal cases. I have also assisted with numerous due diligence exercises, and have notable experience in developing appropriate search strategies.
I regularly host D Young & Co's Biotechnology European Patent Case Law webinars. If you are interested in signing up to attend future webinars, please use our subscriptions link below. I have also written a number of articles and contributed to CIPA’s European Patents Handbook. Within D Young & Co, I have taken an active role in our internal UPC case law group and sequence listing team.
Qualifications
- MSci in Natural Sciences, Girton College, University of Cambridge, 2013.
- MSc in Physical Sciences of Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences, University of Birmingham, 2014.
- PhD in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, 2018.
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Chartered Patent Attorney 2021.
- European Patent Attorney 2021.
- Registered representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) 2023.
- Certificate in IP litigation.
Memberships
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).
- European Patent Institute (epi).
Publications
- Wand, N.O. et al. (2019) DNA barcodes for rapid, whole genome, single-molecule analyses. Nucleic Acids Research gkz212.
- Lauer, M.H. et al. (2017) Methyltransferase-directed covalent coupling of fluorophores to DNA. Chemical Science 8: 3804-3811.