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The premier patent practice of Al Tamimi & Company is among the UAE’s very best. The firm’s holistic, cutting-edge services are perfect for anyone seeking assistance throughout the whole innovation cycle. With 16 other offices across 10 countries, the outfit is perfectly positioned to offer its services across the whole Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. At the helm of the practice is the Quebec-qualified, trilingual engineer Ahmad Saleh, an eminent presence highly sought after by major multinationals. Combining his legal, technical and business chops, he offers practical and multidimensional advice. He recently completed an executive programme in general management, innovation and technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joining the outfit from another outfit ranked in this chapter is mechanical design engineer Philip Biggs, formerly a trainee patent attorney at Rolls-Royce, who now deftly handles global patent portfolio management. He is skilled at lodging oppositions and appeals at the European Patent Office and is also well versed in dealing with the US, Chinese, Japanese and Korean patent offices. Hindi and English-speaking senior associate Umme Salamah Tyebjee is a biochemistry expert and an Indian patent attorney. She now leverages her experience to prosecute life sciences patents across the MENA region and the world.
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