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Philip Webber

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After obtaining a degree in Natural Sciences (Genetics) from Cambridge University (UK) and a PhD in molecular biology from Warwick University (UK), Philip joined Dehns in 1992. He is a qualified UK and European patent attorney, and a partner in Dehns’ Biotechnology and Life Sciences Group.

Philip’s work is largely with start-ups, small/medium size companies and universities with inventions in the pharmaceutical or biotechnological fields. He has over 30 years’ experience in dealing with the issues which are important to such entities, such as the financial constraints of start-ups, the need to develop IP strategies for a company’s products and the pressures upon academics to publish their work.

Philip’s work involves writing and filing patent applications, and getting them granted for his clients all around the world. He has particular expertise in obtaining European patents (including dealing with EPO Opposition and Appeal procedures) and US patents. He also provides advice on IP landscapes and Freedom to Operate (FTO) advice on competitors’ patents.

Using his background in molecular biology, Philip deals with patents and formulates IP strategies in all pharmaceutical and biotechnological fields, including recombinant DNA and protein products, antibodies, biosimilars, transgenic plants and animals, bioinformatics, stem cells, biofuels, diagnostics assays, therapeutic treatments, virology and vaccines.

Philip was a member of the Life Sciences Committee of the UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) from 2001-2016. His work on that Committee included reviewing proposed changes to UK and EPO patent legislation, and keeping UK patent attorneys updated on changes to biotech patent law and practice worldwide.

Philip Webber’s courses

  • 10 Nov • 5 day course

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

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Reviews for Philip ’s courses

I liked it all. I come from the analytical lab, and I was nice to get an overview of the rest of the processes.

9 Jul 2025

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I am really happy I found this course and am grateful to all of the speakers and IPI Academy for putting everything together. The experience was brilliant and I truly feel like I learned so much over the 3 days. There was a lot of content but it was very well explained and the interactive element clarified any elements that didn't immediately click. All speakers were incredibly engaging and clearly extremely knowledgeable. I feel I now have a much clearer understanding of all my learning objectives and more. Being able to ask questions along the way really helped embed my understanding, particularly of complex scientific concepts. 10/10 have already been recommending to others in my sector.

9 Jul 2025

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

All of the speakers were very knowledgeable, well prepared and presented the topics in a structured and comprehensible manner. A session I thought would be rather arid turned out to be entertaining and instructive at the same time. The seminar gave a very complete overview of the topics.

2 Dec 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I wanted to get a good overview of biotechnology: history, development, science, processes, regulations and future and this goal was 100% fulfilled.

All lecturers were highly competent in terms of content and style of presentation.

2 Dec 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

Content flow is well designed and good. [Parts I particularly liked were] process economy , Upstream and Downstream scale up.

25 Sep 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

Excellent, I am so please a colleague mentioned to IPI to me.

25 Sep 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I thought all the speakers were excellent. You could tell that they all really knew there subject matter and were so passionate in the way they delivered the content. Special mention has to go to Adekunle - fantastic course leader and so knowledgeable and made the 3 days very interactive.

27 Sep 2023

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

The course was good and it was a pleasure to learn from the speakers. I wanted to get an overview of research and development of drugs and pharmaceuticals. I think this was achieved.

27 Sep 2023

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I have a masters in Biochemistry and have worked as a formulation scientist for 1 year so I wanted to gain more applied knowledge, and a broader understanding of the drug development process. I found the content of this webinar easy to understand and it was nice to have the information presented to me in an organised and coherent manner.

5 Dec 2022

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist