Jonathan Cray

Senior Patent Attorney

Dr Jonathan Cray has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK and Europe, with a focus on chemistry- and biotechnology-related inventions. During his PhD studies, Jonathan attained nine peer-reviewed publications and received recognition from the BBC and NASA for his work on characterising the destabilising effect of perchlorate salts (commonly found in Martian soil) on macromolecular structures.

Before joining Murgitroyd in 2022, Jonathan worked in a leading London law firm, where he assisted a team representing multinational pharmaceutical companies in high-profile patent litigation cases. He then began training as a patent attorney with a Belfast-based law firm and qualified in 2021.

Microbiology
Life Sciences
Medical devices
Biotechnology
Molecular biology
Diagnostic assays

My thanks for the work you and the team put in to get this over the line as quickly as possible. That’s about the quickest I’ve ever seen one get through the whole approval process.

Chief Mechanical Engineering, Innovative Northern Ireland Company