James Charles Boff Council Member

Member of Patents Committee and Working Party on Future Policy.

Phillips & Leigh, 5 Pemberton Row, London, EC4A 3BA

M.A. (Oxon); C.Chem., MRSC; C.Sci; Dip. Int. Prop. Law, QMC; RPA; RTMA; EPA; ETMA.

Professional career: Joined Phillips & Leigh in 1980 as T.A.; qualified as RPA in 1984; qualified as EPA in 1985; registered as RTMA on 1 October 1990; partner since 1986.

Papers or articles: Many letters and articles in epi Information and CIPA magazine.

Services to Institute: Member of Patents Committee; former Honorary Secretary; former Member of Press and PR Committee; former Chairman of Protected Titles Committee; tutor for UK Examinations; former examiner on Trade Marks; acts as 'clinician' on Patents Clinics; former CIPA Representative on Patent Office Deregulation Task Force.

Services to the profession outside the Institute: Substitute Member of the epi; Chairman of epi's EPO Finances Committee; Member of Disciplinary Board of EPO; Examiner for European Qualiying Examination; Vice-Chairman EQE Committee III [legal paper]; former Member of the epi's European Patent Practice Committee and Professional Conduct Committee.