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Dr
Jerry
Bretherton

Partner & Patent Attorney

Edinburgh Office Glasgow Office

Chemistry

Telephone. +44(0) 131 220 7500
Mobile. +44(0) 792 024 6179
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Experience

Jerry has over a decade of experience in the patent profession, with experience of a broad range of technologies including aerospace, medical devices, renewables, solid state and process chemistries and industrial chemistry.

Jerry has extensive experience in particular in the field of Aerospace composites and aerostructure design and manufacture. His experience in medical devices includes a wide range of transcatheter technology, pulse oximetry and laryngoscopy. Jerry’s practice also includes chemical and materials technologies, renewable energy and petrochemical technologies, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Jerry holds a first class M. Chem from the University of Oxford and went on to obtain a PhD from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in the field of solid state NMR spectroscopy.
On returning to the UK Jerry spent time in industrial R&D and university technology transfer, before joining the patent profession in 2007. He moved to the Edinburgh office of HGF in September 2015, from another top-tier UK firm.

Jerry has extensive experience of drafting and prosecuting applications before the EPO and UKIPO, and managing international patent portfolios. In addition, he has advised his clients on patent infringement and validity, and assisted in due diligence on behalf of his clients.

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Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

MCHEM

University of Oxford

PHD

University of British Columbia

Publications

Managing Intellectual Property practitioner rankings – IP Stars 2025

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HGF receives exceptional results in IAM Patent 1000 rankings 2025

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IAM Patent 1000 2024

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IAM Patent 1000 2022

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Conferences: 2023

18th May 2023

The Business of Science Conference 2023

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23rd March 2023

The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023

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IAM Patent 1000 2023

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The Business of Science Conference 2023

HGF are sponsors of The Business of Science Conference 2023 on the 18th of May at Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds. The commercialisation of science and innovation continues to …

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Event - 23rd March 2023

The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023

HGF is sponsoring the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023 on the 23rd of March at the APEX City Quay Hotel, Dundee. Dr Jerry …

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