James joined EIP from a UK IP firm where he worked within the technology and engineering group. He has experience in drafting patent applications, preparing responses to office actions, attending hearings at the UKIPO and EPO and providing infringement opinions.
James holds a first class master’s degree in Physics with Nanotechnology from the University of Leicester. During his degree, James specialised in condensed matter physics and his final year project involved designing, building and testing a device to measure deposition rates during molecular beam epitaxy.
Education and qualifications
- European Patent Attorney, 2021
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2011 — 2015
MPhys Physics with Nanotechnology (First Class), University of Leicester
Career history
- 2019 — present
Associate, EIP - 2015 — 2019
Trainee Patent Attorney, Forresters IP LLP
Specialities
Digital
- Additive manufacturing
- Consumer electronics
- Electromechanical systems
Dynamics
- Additive manufacturing
- Electromechanical systems
- Mechanics
- Nanotechnology
HealthTech
- Additive manufacturing