Rebecca enjoys taking clients through the patent life cycle, from invention harvesting and devising patent filing strategies, through to multi-jurisdictional prosecution and freedom-to-operate reviews. She has private practice experience advising on patent matters for clients from SMEs to multinationals.
Since entering the profession in 2014, Rebecca has drafted and prosecuted many mechanical patent applications in fields such as aerospace, consumer devices, sports equipment and medical devices. She has liaised directly with inventors, foreign attorneys and in-house IP practitioners.
Rebecca enjoys mentoring trainee attorneys and paralegals as they prepare for qualification examinations.
Rebecca holds a first class masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath and a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Bournemouth University.
Recent work
- Freedom to operate and validity opinions
- Patent prosecution and drafting experience in mechanical inventions
Published articles
- June 2023
EIP Updates, Mobility-as-a-Service – have you protected your assets from the competition? (link) - May 2022
Newsflash, Mobility-as-a-Service – how will you travel? (link) - February 2022
The Patent Lawyer Magazine , Innovation at the Winter Olympics (link) - July 2021
Newsflash, Should I get my Patent Application to Grant as Fast as Possible? (link) - June 2021
Sport Broadcast, Protecting the Intellectual Property of Sports Tech Companies (link) - June 2021
Intellectual Property Magazine, Going For Gold (link) - May 2021
Law in Sports, Broadcasting Tokyo 2020: How Modern Media Techniques Will Be Protected By IP Law (link) - April 2021
LinkedIn, Innovation at the Olympics (link) - February 2021
LinkedIn, Many ways to solve a problem: e-bike conversion kits (link) - January 2021
LinkedIn, Mobility-as-a-Service – how will you travel? (link) - December 2020
LinkedIn, F1 and the Problem of Debris (link)
Education and qualifications
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2021
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney, 2019
- European Patent Attorney, 2019
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2015
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (Distinction), Bournemouth University -
2006 — 2012
MEng Engineering, University of Bath -
2007 — 2008
Diploma of Medical Engineering, University of Surrey
Career history
- 2023 — present
Senior Associate, EIP - 2014 — 2023
Associate, EIP - 2012 — 2014
Mechanical Engineer, Babcock International
Specialities
Digital
- Additive manufacturing
Dynamics
- Additive manufacturing
- Mechanics
HealthTech
- Additive manufacturing