Reddie & Grose LLP

Adam Kelvey

AssociateAdam Kelvey handles patents in the engineering, materials and consumer products fields

Alex Cope

Senior Associate Alex Cope handles patents within the electrical, electronics & telecoms and software & business methods fields

Alice Findlay

ChairmanOn the patent side, Alice’s practice is widespread but with particular focus on the mechanical and material science sectors. Product areas range from everyday household items to sophisticated medical equipment. She has extensive experience with Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office at the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Appeal Board levels. She has attended over 40 Oral Proceedings at the EPO Munich alone and has significant experience of how to get the best for her clients, both in examination and opposition. Alice’s trade mark clients include a number whose marks are household names. She handles clearing marks for use, through to filing and inter partes issues pre- and post-registration. When working with both trade marks and designs, Alice regularly gets involved in disputes between rights holders and alleged infringers. Her approach is to endeavour to achieve a pragmatic settlement but to fight when the occasion warrants it. This has proved extremely successful over the years.

Andrea Civera

Senior AssociateAndrea handles patent work in the general mechanical and applied chemical fields, including applications relating to materials processing, automation of manufacturing processes, packaging, dispensing systems and the tobacco industry.

Andy Attfield

AssociateWithin Reddie & Grose, Andy is a member of the electric and autonomous vehicles team within the electronics, electrical devices and software practice group. He has handled patents relating to a variety of related technologies, including vehicle software, electrical motors and battery systems. Andy is also interested in how the patent system interacts with the ever growing space economy, and has written on the topic and handled a variety of satellite network applications.

Bruce Torrance

AssociateBruce qualified as a European patent attorney in 2019 and has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK, Europe and further afield for a wide range of clients ranging from individual inventors to large multinational corporations. His practice covers a variety of technical fields and includes electronic components, amplifiers and transformers, telecommunication systems, semiconductor devices, consumer electronics and computer implemented inventions, including AI and machine learning inventions. Bruce also has experience in the digital healthcare sector, including ultrasound sensors and bioinformatics. He has also handled registered designs in Europe and internationally.

Catherine Nursaw

Senior AssociateHer practice includes advising on the availability of marks and the potential impact of third party marks, building global portfolios, preparing and filing oppositions and negotiating settlements, consents and co-existence arrangements.

Christopher Smith

Senior Associate Dr. Christopher Smith handles patents and registered designs in the electronics and software fields. Chris joined Reddie & Grose in 2010 and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2014. He works mainly in the electrical and computing fields.

Dale Carter

Partner

Daniel Sullivan

AssociateDaniel has extensive experience in all aspects of trade mark prosecution, including selecting, registering and protecting brands worldwide. He enjoys working with clients of all sizes, from multi-nationals through to SMEs and start-ups, helping them build and maintain strong brandportfolios.

Duncan Nevett

Partner Duncan  helps manage an international patent portfolio for a Fortune 500 multinational, and prosecute UK and European patent applications for various UK and overseas clients. He regularly provides infringement opinions and clearance searches and represents clients at Oral Proceedings, at the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Appeal Board levels of the European Patent Office.

Emily Nytko-Lutz

Senior AssociateEmily advises a range of domestic and international companies. She is experienced in patent drafting and global patent prosecution, conducting due diligence and European freedom-to-operate assessments and European oppositions and appeals

Filippa Evans

AssociateFilippa advises clients from a wide range of industry sectors on how to build, manage and maintain their trade mark portfolios. She has experience handling both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Georgina Ainscow

Partner Georgina works on patent cases in the fields of physics, engineering, electronics, software and business methods. She has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and representing clients before the UK and European Patent Offices. As well as drafting and prosecution work, she advises on invention harvesting, international patent portfolio management and IP strategy. Georgina’s areas of specialism include the video coding, telecommunications and optical device fields, where she regularly represents clients before the examining division of the European Patent Office.

Gillian Taylor

Partner Gillian handles patent work in the chemical and general mechanical fields, including food technology, the tobacco industry, manufacturing processes, wind turbine construction, building materials and packaging.

Helen Wakerley

PartnerHelen is responsible for the trade mark portfolios of many of our UK clients and has particular experience in the automotive sector. She works on design protection both from a trade mark angle, looking at graphic symbol protection and product get-up, as well as from the more traditional three dimensional innovative design approach. Helen’s patent practice is in the chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical field. She has particular experience in the field of neuroscience. Her UK clients obtain patents around the world and she acts before the European Patent Office for non-UK companies. Her work in this field is in the prosecution of patent applications, as well as handling opposition work. She is regularly involved in due diligence reports and portfolio advice for her larger clients.

Ian Loveless

PartnerIan Loveless joined Reddie & Grose in 1993 and became a partner in 2000.

Ian Whitfield

Senior Associate Ian is a Chartered UK and European Patent Attorney working in the Advanced Engineering and Consumer Products & Manufacturing teams. Ian advises SMEs and multinational companies on patent and registered design matters. Due to his breadth of experience, Ian is comfortable handling work in many different technical fields, from transport (including automotive, rail and micromobility), to consumer products, white goods, energy, and oil and gas.

Ian Dowling

Senior Associate Ian handles patent and utility model applications in the UK, Europe and internationally, as well as advising on freedom to operate searches, designs and more general IP matters. Ian has particular experience of drafting patent applications for prosecution in a number of countries worldwide.

James Spencer

Senior AssociateJames Spencer is a UK and European patent attorney in the engineering, manufacturing and consumer products group.James works predominantly with multinational companies and SMEs across a wide range of engineering and technology sectors, including electronic cigarettes, atomisers, medical devices, hospital beds, lighting systems and energy storage systems.

Jan Vleck

Partner Jan’s trade mark practice includes clients of all sizes. Jan has significant experience in prosecuting applications around the world. He regularly handles the planning for and resolution of trade mark conflicts and has considerable experience of settlement, consent and co-existence agreements on an international scale.His patent clients include companies in the fields of: medical equipment; aircraft and aerospace technology, pressure, temperature and speed sensors for use in hostile environments; oil and gas exploration,  production and distribution; military or defence equipment; wave and tide energy; and consumer products.

Jon West

Senior AssociateJon’s practice includes applications relating to CCDs, audio and video processing, telecommunications, magnetrons, integrated circuits, security systems, electronic trading systems and other computer implemented inventions. Jon is experienced in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for both individual inventors and large corporations in the UK, Europe and further afield and also has experience of representing clients at Oral Proceedings in front of the Examining and Opposition Divisions at the European Patent Office.

Joshua Parsi

AssociateJosh joined Reddie & Grose in September 2015 after completing a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London. Through his academic experience, Josh was able to be involved on various projects involving fluid dynamics, structural analysis, turbomachinery, wind turbine design, MRI, robotics and automated drones.  This means that Josh is able to assist clients in a wide variety of technical fields, ranging from aerospace to medical devices and other consumer products.

Juan Sánchez García

AssociateJuan has extensive experience prosecuting European patent applications and filing oppositions and appeals with the European Patent Office, and he has regularly represented his clients at Oral Proceedings in Munich and The Hague. Likewise, he has prepared a significant amount of infringement and clearance opinions. He has worked with small inventors but mostly with large multinational corporations, not only in the automotive field; and notably, he has represented Europe’s largest aeronautical company. Juan has also handled patent work in Europe and internationally in industry sectors such as oil extraction methods, tyre manufacturing, exhaust gas recirculation systems, composite materials, optics, tobacco-based consumer products or heat dissipation devices, among others.

Julie Millburn

Partner Julie assists clients in obtaining worldwide patent and design protection.

Julie Richardson

Partner Julie specialises in European patent prosecution for US originating inventions in the electronic engineering sector.

Mark Bentall

Senior AssociateMark handles UK, European, and international patent filing and prosecution work and also advises on design matters.

Nick Reeve

Partner Nick is a fluent Japanese speaker specialising in patents in the electronics sector. He routinely advises clients on patent searching and due diligence matters, as well as infringement and validity issues posed by third party patents.Nick acts as client liaison with the firm’s Japanese clients, and gives lectures on Japanese Patent Law at Queen Mary University.

Patrick Lloyd

PartnerPatrick’s patent practice is mainly in the electrical and electronics fields, with a particular focus on electronic trading systems, computer implemented inventions and telecommunications. His background in Engineering Science also allows him to bring a deep understanding to patent applications in the areas of power systems, semiconductors, manufacturing technology, wind turbines and cleantech inventions.Patrick’s clients include a broad range of international companies and universities based in the UK and Europe, the USA and Japan. His specialities include assisting clients with invention spotting, drafting new applications, devising patent filing strategies for protection around the world, preparing infringement and validity opinions, and advising on competitor activities. Patrick also handles trade mark matters, particularly in the financial sector.He has a wide experience of all aspect of trade mark practice including the selection and clearance of new marks, worldwide registration, oppositions and dispute resolution.

Paul Loustalan

Partner In the office, Paul’s practice includes drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications relating to the automotive field including electric vehicles and associated technologies such as cooling, battery mounts, control and autonomous driving systems. In addition, he has substantial experience relating to underwater vehicles and associated tooling, systems and sensors for the oil & gas industry, manufacturing processes, medical apparatus, as well as software, consumer electronics and even toys. Paul has a great understanding of how to develop intellectual property portfolios for individual inventors, multinational manufacturers, and SMEs in between. He advises on the most appropriate form, scope, and combination of protection for the project at hand – whether that be patents, designs, copyright, or trade secrets – in order to build a robust and commercially appropriate IP portfolio. Along with the high-level portfolio development, Paul has in-depth experience of drafting and prosecuting patent applications for international prosecution in the UK, Europe, and worldwide, as well as advising on complex issues of ownership and assignment. He also advises on commercial issues, such as due diligence and Infringement Risk Analysis (Freedom to Operate), considering the validity and potential infringement risk of third party patent rights to provide his clients with visibility on the risks involved in any new project. Paul equally has a great record at Opposition oral proceedings before the EPO, helping his clients to reduce the risk and barriers to entry for their new products entering the market.

Pete Sadler

PartnerA large part of Pete’s practice involves advising on the patentability of software related inventions in areas such as data processing and business systems, medical devices, control of industrial machines, consumer entertainment devices, user interface software for mobiles and other consumer devices, video games and music software and audio processing. Pete and his team also have detailed technical knowledge in applications of photonics and photovoltaics. His clients range from start-ups and SMEs, who he advises on IP strategy for maximising value to investors, through to multinational companies, who he assists with cost effective patent drafting and prosecution. With experience filing and prosecuting patent portfolios in the US, China and many other jurisdictions, Pete drafts applications with a view to successful protection around the world. Pete’s clients are based all over the UK, Europe and beyond, with a number of local clients in the Thames Valley, Berkshire and Oxfordshire areas.      

Phil Bates

Partner        Phil specialises in the drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications before the UK and European patent offices. Phil has a broad range of experience of patent practice around the world, including practice in emerging markets. He regularly provides opinions on the strength of third party rights for his clients, and has an excellent track record in third party opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.Phil’s clients include medium-sized pharmaceutical firms (based in Europe, the US, Japan and India) as well as small start-ups.

Stephen Lupini

AssociateStephen handles patent work in the mechanical, electrical and consumer product fields and has particular experience of working with fuel cells, medical devices, oil drilling equipment, and carbon and graphene based technologies.

Steve Howe

Partner Steve’s practice focuses on the prosecution of patent applications before the UK and European Patent Office, where he has developed a wealth of experience handling cases relating to complex technologies and excluded subject-matter. He also advises in connection with designs and trade mark applications before the UKIPO.

Tom Sharman

Partner Tom develops protection strategies for innovations, designs and brands for clients ranging from start-ups to multinationals. Tom’s trade mark practice includes advising on the availability of marks and the potential impact of third party marks, building global portfolios, preparing and filing oppositions and negotiating settlements. He works with clients to protect the look and feel of their websites, graphical user interfaces and mobile apps worldwide. He also advises on online infringement of clients’ marks and designs. Tom also works with clients to protect innovations and designs in the mechanical and automotive fields in key jurisdictions around the world. Current projects include a range of automotive developments including two stroke engines, transmission systems, engine bearings and conrod assemblies, as well as aircraft seats and seating configurations, heavy lifting and moving equipment and a range of consumer products. He advises on the level of risk associated with launching new products in these crowded technical fields, on whether action can be taken to prevent the sale of competing products, and on the strength and scope of third party patents and designs.

Zack Mummery

Partner Zack assists large multinational corporations, SMEs and start-ups operating at the cutting edge of chemistry and pharmaceutical technologies.