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Chris McDonald B.Sc., Ph.D. - Associate
Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney
Chris McDonald graduated from the University of Liverpool with an honours degree in chemistry with a European language (German) and spent a year of his degree course studying at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester for his investigation into the synthesis and electronic properties of diarsine complexes of transition metals. Chris initially entered the profession as a Patent Examiner at the European Patent Office in Munich, before returning to England to begin his training in private practice. He went on to qualify as a Chartered and European Patent Attorney, and joined Wilson Gunn in 2008. Chris has expertise relating to all areas of chemistry, including organic and inorganic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, polymers, catalysts, pesticides and cosmetics, and has experience of European Patent Office examination and opposition proceedings from both sides of the fence. As a result of his two periods of living abroad, Chris is fluent in German.