William Richards graduated from the University of
Leicester with an Honours Degree in Biological
Sciences. William won a Glaxo-Wellcome Prize
Scholarship leading to a PhD in Molecular Genetics,
from the Department of Genetics, at Leicester
University and the Geneva Institute for Molecular
Biology. William also undertook a Post Doctoral
research fellowship at the Institute for Cancer
Research, London, which included an appointment
as an Honorary Lecturer of the University of London.

Selected Publications include:
Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jul;19(7):4633-42. Genetic analysis of
interaction between a DSS disease gene and breast
cancer gene.
Trends Genet. 1997 Feb;13(2):49-50. Review of progress
using yeast as a model organism for human disease.

William is a Member of the British Genetical Society
and a Member of the Genetics Society of America.

Seeking a new challenge William joined a leading
European private practice, D Young & Co., to train as
a patent attorney, obtained a post graduate
certificate in Intellectual Property from the University
of London and is now qualified as a European patent
attorney, a UK patent attorney and a European
design attorney.

William has worked in private practice for nearly 10 years.
His clients have included Universities and Research
Institutes, Startup and Spin-out Companies, UK and
foreign SMEs, International Corporations as well as
individual inventors. William joined BRYERS in 2007.

William specialises in all types of biotechnology including
molecular biology, vaccines, assays, gene sequences,
drug delivery, diagnostics and therapeutics, array
technology, genomics, bioinformatics, structural biology,
stem cells, food technology, and medical devices.

William provides training courses for trainee patent
attorneys prior to sitting the United Kingdom examination
on "Patent Infringement and Validity" and the European
examinations on "Patent Drafting" and "Patent Amendment".

wrichards@bryerlaw.com