Julian Cockbain, Ph.D., is a Consultant European Patent Attorney based in Ghent, Belgium and Oxford, UK. After taking a degree and doctorate in chemistry at Oxford University he joined the patent and trademark law firm Dehns in London in 1979, qualifying as a UK patent attorney in 1983 and as a European Patent Attorney in 1984. He was made partner at Dehns in 1985, a position he held until becoming a consultant in 2012. He has written and prosecuted several hundred patent applications, and has published widely on patent-related matters.
