Title: Partner, Patent Lawyer
Employment experience: Nigel Pryce has 30 years of patent experience, mainly focusing on patent applications and objection/appeal cases in the field of engineering technology, especially medical equipment, by the European Patent Office. The vast majority of his client base comes from the United States, especially many patent firms in the medical equipment field in Silicon Valley, among whom Nigel Price has a high reputation.
In addition, his clients also include academic institutions, individual inventors, small startups, and even large engineering and medical equipment companies.
Nigel Price represents the University of California in the application of the DGC European patent for electrolytic detachable spring coils. The electrolytic detachable spring coil DGC technology is related to implantable medical equipment and is used for minimally invasive treatment of Intracranial aneurysm to prevent rupture. Its content includes successfully obtaining patent authorization (including numerous sub cases) at the European Patent Office, and subsequently defending patent rights through numerous objections and interventions from the European Patent Office (even the European Patent Office Appeals Board). At the same time, it also provides advice on invalidity and infringement in relevant pan European countries, and successfully solves problems for customers.
He is mainly responsible for J A Kemp's clients in the fields of engineering science and information technology in China and the United States, and frequently travels to both countries. Nigel Price is also responsible for recruiting engineering science and information technology teams, as well as overseeing overseas applications for new patent applications at the firm.
Nigel Price joined J A Kemp in 1992 and previously obtained a practicing qualification at another London firm.
Industry: Engineering, Medical Devices, and Technology
Language: English
Domestic agency: Beijing Wanhuida Law Firm
Contact number: 86-10-6892 1000