Barton, Matt

Dr Matt Barton is a European and UK patent attorney and UPC Representative, and is Partner at Forresters where he heads the Munich office. Having qualified as a patent attorney in 2005, Matt is highly experienced in patent prosecution and drafting especially at the EPO and UKIPO. He has extensive experience of EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, handling multiple oral hearings each year, as well as freedom to operate and opinion work. His technical background is chemistry, with a focus on industrial chemistry, coating compositions, aerogels, battery materials, small molecules and drug conjugates. Matt’s particular specialism is in metallurgy, especially aluminium alloys and their methods of processing and production. In view of his EPO opposition and appeal experience, he is often a team member for contentious matters in other technical areas such as medical devices. Matt holds a BSc and a PhD in chemistry; his PhD was multidisciplinary, involving synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds, characterisation, and electrochemistry.