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Dr
Mat
Pringle

Patent Director

Leeds Office

Chemistry

Telephone. +44(0) 113 233 0100
Email. mpringle@hgf.com
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Experience

Mat handles the drafting and prosecution of patent applications across a wide range of chemical subject matter, including pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical formulations, alloys and metallurgy, functionalised surfaces and surface coatings, and nano-materials.

Mat has a First Class Masters Degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, as well as a PhD in Surface Chemistry from the same institution. His doctoral research focussed on the development of self-assembled monolayers and their potential to create molecular-scale structures on surfaces.

Specialisms

Industries

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Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

MCHEM

First Class, University of Sheffield (2010)

PHD

Nanochemistry / Surface Chemistry, University of Sheffield (2014)

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