Oliver Manners

Oliver Manners

Trainee Patent Attorney

MSci, BA

Oliver is a trainee patent attorney, working in the Manchester chemistry team. His interdisciplinary background helps him to understand the challenges and rewards of working at the interfaces between traditional disciplines.

Oliver is training to draft and prosecute patent applications for chemical inventions, with a particular interest in bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis and supramolecular chemistry. Always keen to learn about cutting-edge scientific advances, he is excited to hear about clients’ innovations and to help protect them.

Oliver has recently completed a PhD at the University of Manchester, working on modelling metalloenzymes and ruthenium catalysis. Before this, he graduated with a first class undergraduate Master’s degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. His research experience has varied from protein expression and computational biochemistry to organic and inorganic synthesis.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN PATENTS:

Catalysis
Pigments and dyes
Speciality chemicals

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Thought leadership from Oliver Manners:

Trainee blogs Apr122024

Trainee blog: supporting our charity of the year

Written by trainees for trainees.
In this trainee blog, trainee patent attorney Oliver Manners discusses some of the ways in which Appleyard Lees supports its annual chosen charity. Oliver talks about the events he attended in our Manchester office, and provides the recipe that won him this year's Manchester office charity bake-off.

Trainee blogs Mar042024

The dawn of a new EQE

Written by trainees for trainees.
Trainee patent attorneys Holly Redman and Oliver Manners discuss the upcoming change to the European Qualification Exam (EQE) for trainee patent attorneys. They discuss the format of the new exams, and how they will be rolled out.

Trainee blogs Feb242023

Attending a patent opposition hearing

Recently, we were invited to observe an opposition hearing before the European Patent Office (EPO).

Trainee blogs Nov142022

Attending the CIPA Manchester conference

Talks began with Eskil Waage from the EPO joining by video link. He’s been working on the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) since 2008, so has a wealth of experience, and gave a presentation on the differences between European Patent Office (EPO) opposition and UPC revocation action.