Hi, I'm Jamie Love, the founder of Synapses. |
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I was born in the USA but moved to Scotland in 1990 to do a post-doc. I saw commercial potential in my research so, over the next two years in my spare time, I earned an MBA and wrote business plans, but, sadly, it never got off the ground.
About a month after the university awarded me a permanent post, my British wife was offered an exciting job at a start-up near San Francisco! I resigned from the university and returned to the States where I discovered that my MBA and PhD fit well in Intellectual Property. |
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I worked with world class biotech patent lawyers to submit our patent applications to the USPTO, respond to Office Actions and represent our company during infringement proceedings. I gained enough knowledge about the process that I submitted a patent application "pro se" (without a layer, as a co-inventor) and studied to become a USPTO certified patent agent. A large patent law firm hired me to conduct Prior Art searches and write opinions on patentability for WIPO applications (outsourced from the USPTO). | |
In 2008 I returned to Scotland and co-founded a biotech company. As Managing Director, I negotiated our IP portfolio and wrote a business plan that encouraged an investor to provide some seed money - then nearly doubled that money with grants. With the interesting work done, I handed over the reigns to a CEO. As Chief Operations Officer I continued to manage the IP and grants for the company, but my reduced responsibilities allowed me time to help other start-ups. |
(© Dr Jamie Love 2017) |