Mark Schuster
Trainee Patent Attorney
Europe
Cambridge
Mark joined the Cambridge office of Marks and Clerk in 2021 as a trainee patent attorney. Before joining Marks & Clerk, Mark studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and graduated with a first class BA and MSci in Natural Sciences, specialising in Chemistry. His final-year research project focused on the application of organic synthesis to the challenge of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria.
After graduating, Mark worked as a policy adviser in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- English
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BA and MSci in Natural Sciences from Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
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Latest articles by Mark Schuster
Can post-filed data be used in support of inventive step?
There is no ‘ideal’ time for filing a patent application. A trade-off must be made between filing the ‘perfect’ patent application with data that exhaustively cover all possible embodiments falling within the scope of an ideal broad claim, and the need to secure legal certainty by obtaining a filing date. So, what happens if you need to file your application, but you don’t have time to obtain all the required data before the filing date?
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Butterflies, berries, and beetles: the sparkling future of Cambridge colour
It is a familiar thought that the flap of a butterfly’s wing can change the course of history. In the latest in our series of Cambridge innovation articles, I wanted to consider how the wing of the butterfly might – at the very least! – have inspired one start-up to pioneer the future of man-made colour.
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Cambridge: City of Innovation - The Nobel prize, and the punt-sized story of science in Cambridge
How do you tell the scientific story of Cambridge? It seems that the first resort for many, including the city’s famous punt guides, is to look to the impressive Nobel Prize tally of Cambridge scientists and alumni.
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