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Bruce Torrance

Work Department

Patents

Position

Associate

Bruce 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.

Career

Bruce Torrance handles patent work primarily within the fields of electronics, electrical devices, telecommunications and software & business methods.

Bruce joined Reddie & Grose in September 2015 after working as a Science secondary teacher for two years in the North East of England. He developed a keen interest in intellectual property after learning about his great-grandfather’s patents for a boiler company.

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)

Education

European Patent Attorney (2019)

Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary College, University of London (2017)

Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Northumbria (2014)

Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of St Andrews (2013)

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

Leisure

In his spare time, Bruce enjoys playing a variety of sports including squash, golf, cricket, swimming and football.