Dr. Marc Wilkinson is a European and UK Patent Attorney and a partner at J A Kemp, LLP in the UK. Marc has experience in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in both a domestic and international capacity, and he has been involved in numerous cases before the Opposition Divisions and the Technical Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office. Marc additionally provides patent validity and infringement opinions as well as freedom-to-operate advice. A large focus of Marc’s current practice is in the fields of antibodies, diagnostics and genomics, including nucleic acid-based amplification and analytical methods and nucleic acid synthesis. Prior to entering the IP profession, Marc worked as a senior scientist at GlaxoSmithKline Plc and was subsequently head of the cell biology group at Millennium Pharmaceuticals (UK).