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Robin is a UK and European Patent Attorney who deals with patents in the electronics sector, including wireless and telecommunications. He has drafted and prosecuted patents relating to cellular radio standards, in particular 3GPP, adaptive and smart antennas, coding and decoding techniques, radars, telemetry systems, oscillators and power amplifiers, as well as the Ethernet data network.
He worked for many years in R&D in wireless and radio frequency engineering, in particular designing adaptive antennas, microwave links, and radio links using spread spectrum and spectrally efficient modulation techniques. He was a pioneer in the development of power line communications and has significant experience of satellite links, cable TV and optical communications systems including passive optical networks and coherent optical fibre receivers.
Robin has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from King's College, University of London and a degree in Physics from the University of Bristol.
Published articles
- April 2013
Entertainment Law Review, Supreme Court defines “intellectual property” and the scope of privilege against self-incrimination - 2005
OFC 2005, Anaheim, “Generation and Propagation of a 1550 nm 10 GBit/s Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed Signal over 1000m of Multimode Fibre Using Directly Modulated DFB”, Jolley N.E., Kee H, Rickard R.P., Tang J - 2000
ISPLC2000, Limerick, “A Practical Realisation of a PLC Modem System: Design Aims and results”, Rickard R.P. - 1999
International Symposium on Power-line Communications and its Applications, Lancaster 1999, “A Pragmatic Approach to Setting Limits for Radiation from Powerline Communications Systems”, Rickard R.P. and James, J - Oct 1988
IEE Colloquium Electronic Beam Steering, “The Design of an Analogue Beamformer for Adaptive Antennas”, Wilson, F.M., Rickard, R.P - Nov 1997
Powerline Communications Forum, Dusseldorf, “Coexistence of Wideband Carriers above 2 MHz on the LV Distribution Network with Radio Systems”, Rickard, R.P - Dec 1994
IEE Colloquium, The Strand, “Adaptive Antenna for Scanning Telemetry”, Rickard, R.P., Wainman, P.A., David, M
Education
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2006 — 2007
Post Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (Merit), Queen Mary University of London -
1985 — 1988
MEng Electrical Engineering, King's College, University of London -
1977 — 1980
BSc Physics, University of Bristol
Career history
- 2015 — present
Senior Associate, EIP - 2007 — 2015
Associate, EIP - 2005 — 2007
Consultant, Orthogon Systems - 1981 — 2005
Manager, Microwave Signal Processing, Nortel Networks, Harlow Laboratories
Awards and recognition
- Legal 500, 2024 (link)
Additional information
- Advisor to Mergers and Acquisition group at Nortel: analysed technological and commercial feasibility of the propositions of several start up companies which Nortel was considering acquiring
- Inventor on 28 filed patent families, 18 already granted
- Initiated project and managed team building prototype adaptive antenna for private mobile radio system
- Initiated pioneering Powerline Communication project and managed team designing and building equipment for trial systems serving 200 homes installed in Germany, Sweden and UK
- Designed and built innovative beamformer for GPS adaptive antenna
- Design authority for BWA Radio Modem Module
- Led team building world’s fastest OFDM modem for optical communication
- Represented Nortel at Ofcom wireline radiation working group and at International Powerline Communications forum: strongly argued the case for a pragmatic approach to emissions standards with some success