Patents

Darren has technical expertise in a wide range of physics, electronics and mechanical subject matter. His practice includes clients in the fields of aerosol delivery systems, mobile telecommunications, embryology, the oil industry, radiation detection, capacitive sensing, optical devices and medical imaging. Darren’s clients range from individuals to large corporations.

Darren has experience in drafting patent applications for worldwide prosecution, directing and coordinating patent prosecution in many different jurisdictions, general patent portfolio management, as well as undertaking opposition work. In addition, Darren regularly advises on infringement and validity issues, freedom to operate analyses and due diligence exercises.

Chartered patent attorney 2005, European patent attorney 2006.

Darren has been at D Young & Co since entering the patent profession in 2001 and was appointed partner in 2010. Prior to this Darren worked for ten years in academia on the design, construction and deployment of astronomical instruments, time series and image analysis techniques, spacecraft operations at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center facility, and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA); European Patent Institute (epi); European Practice Committee of the American Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).

University of Birmingham (BSc in Physics with Astrophysics; PhD in Experimental Physics); Queen Mary College, University of London (Certificate in Intellectual Property Law).