Magnus Johnston

Magnus is a long-standing member of the team at HLK joined in 2003, and leads HLK’s Scottish Operations from our Glasgow office.

Magnus has developed considerable technical expertise in the fields of materials, petrochemical, natural product and pharmaceutical chemistry, with particular experience in patent drafting and prosecution of applications related to functional materials (e.g., polymer, metal and mineral processing), battery technologies, electrochromic materials (including materials deposition and processing) lubricants, fuels, plastics and pharmaceutical technologies.

His research involved the synthesis of novel acentric open-framework crystalline materials containing transition metals, for potential applications in Optical Second Harmonic Generation, asymmetric catalysis and magnetism; and characterisation of these materials through single-crystal x-ray diffraction (powder diffraction, variable temperature solid state spectroscopy, TGA and DSC, and a study of magnetic properties.

Magnus couples this strong research background with over ten years of post-qualification patent experience to provide clients with a patent strategy that developed from a deep understanding of both the technology and the patent system.

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