Julie Millburn

Julie joined the firm in 2000 and was made a partner in 2005. Julie advises UK and overseas clients on patent and design matters. She handles patent work in pure chemical, applied chemical and general mechanical fields, including building materials, food technology, the tobacco industry, and packaging. Julie has experience of filing and prosecuting patent applications before the UK and European Patent Offices, of handling oppositions before the European Patent Office and of filing both UK and Community design applications. She also coordinates filing and prosecution of patent and design applications and regularly organises patent and design infringement clearance searches for her clients in countries around the world.

She is a fan of P.G. Wodehouse, Audrey Hepburn and Billie Holiday and enjoys vegetarian cookery.

Memberships

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
• Member, L'Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
• Professional representative before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
• Member, European Practitioners in Intellectual Property (union)

Qualifications

• Degree in chemistry, Oxford University
• D.Phil. (doctorate) in inorganic chemistry, Oxford University
• European Patent Attorney, 2003
• Chartered Patent Attorney, 2003

Other activities & achievements

• Post doctoral research scientist in the Materials Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory, USA, 1998 - 2000
• In-house patent counsel, Mar 2004 - Oct 2005 (secondment)

Published

" Cause for careful planning ". Patent World. 2007, (197) November, pp25-27.