Dr Brittany Ashton

Brittany has experience handling extensive patent portfolios for local clients, multinational pharmaceutical companies, and Australian universities. She provides a comprehensive range of patent services, including the drafting of patent applications and their prosecution, opposition and re-examination procedures, and pharmaceutical patent term extension. She also provides infringement and validity, freedom to operate, and strategic patenting advice. Brittany takes a practical approach to patent matters, always returning to the client’s strategic commercial objectives. Her client’s value her ability to relay complex strategic advice with clear and concise communication, and her friendly and approachable nature. To this extent, Brittany was awarded Best IP Specialist at the Client Choice Awards 2021. Prior to joining the IP profession, Brittany undertook a visiting Postdoctoral Fellow with National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. She holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), and has also undertaken research at the Burnet Institute and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

Brittany is a member and past Secretary of the RACI Victorian Committee, provides regular IP-related seminars at local universities, and is a regular contributor to Chemistry in Australia and a number of IP blogs, journals and magazines.