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All sorts of people find fulfilling careers in IP, from different backgrounds in different roles. Meet some of those people here and hear their career stories from the world of ideas...

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Rebecca Price

Associate patent attorney - London

“Upon exploring a career as a patent attorney, I found the unique opportunity to use the knowledge and skills that...

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John Austin-Brooks

Commercial manager (BD & Marketing) - London, Bath, Cardiff and Delft

John leads the business development (BD) and marketing functions in a patent and trade mark firm. He tells us how...

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Ikechi Iwenofu

IP Administrator - London

“I entered the trade mark profession by chance after completing a law degree. While working as a temp, I was...

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Julia Tribe

IP Administrator - West Sussex

“I fell into the profession purely by chance. Having risen through the ranks of Private Secretary / Personal Assistant to...

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Karen Leung

IP Administrator - Halifax

“I am head of records and renewals with Appleyard Lees, but didn’t start off in that role. I joined as...

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Chris Hall

IP Barrister - London

“Think of a barrister and you probably imagine dusty old books, wigs, and average TV dramas.  But you need not...

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Sir Colin Birss

IP Judge - London

“I went to a state school. The idea of becoming a lawyer was not on my radar until well after...

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Ryan Weeks

IP Legal Secretary - London

“I entered the profession after studying a law degree at university, where one of the modules was IP law. The...

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Annsley Merelle Ward

IP Litigator - London

“I dreamed of being a doctor. When I was 17, I was in the midst of my chemical engineering undergraduate...

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Geoff Hussey

IP Solicitor - London

“After completing my genetics degree at university I set about trying to work out what to do with the rest...

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James Love

IP Solicitor - Leeds

“Throughout my undergraduate physics degree, I always anticipated I would be pursuing a life in scientific research. However, in the...

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Chris Burnett

Patent Attorney - London

“I found out about the patent profession by chance whilst at university. Whilst I enjoyed my Biochemistry course, I was...

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Anna Bartholomew

Patent Attorney - Woking

“I chose to study Mechanical Engineering at university because I loved, and still do love, maths and science. However, after...

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Emily Teesdale

Patent Attorney - London & Bath

“I have always preferred maths and science to languages, arts and humanities. But after taking Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Further...

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Susi Fish

Patent Attorney - Reading

“Having completed a Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (specialising in biomedical engineering), I was faced with the decision about...

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Saiful Khan

Patent Attorney - Nottingham

“I’d studied engineering for my undergraduate studies and was fortunate enough to be sponsored by an oil company. This meant...

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Tom Leonard

Patent Attorney - London

“I am a patent attorney specialising in life sciences and have been in the profession for nearly 11 years. I...

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Gideon Agbanoma

Patent Attorney - London

“Unlike a lot of my contemporaries, I was not informed about the patent profession while I studied my undergraduate degree...

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Debra Smith

Patent Attorney - Swindon

“I studied mechanical engineering at university and was sponsored by the research laboratories of a large company. I worked at...

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Rhiannon Turner

Patent Attorney - Cheddar

“I was most of the way through my second degree when I heard about being a patent attorney, as a...

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Suzanne Oliver

Patent Attorney - Cambridge

“I studied Electronics at University and then I started work at Nortel Networks, a telecommunications company in Harlow, Essex as...

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Anita Shaw

Patent Attorney - Winchester

“Confession: I come into work each day looking forward to the challenges that I will face – not many people...

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Deepti Nigam

Patent Attorney - Buckinghamshire

Trainee

“My first brush with IP was a chance encounter.  During the final semester of my dual degree program (B. Pharm...

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David Spinner

Patent Attorney - Cheddar

“Leaving university, I had no idea what I wanted to do.  Although I ideally wanted to use my science degree,...

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Emily Cottrill

Patent Attorney - London

“Like many patent attorneys, I started off life as a keen undergraduate, fully expecting to keep on the white coat...

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Xavier Dauw

Patent Examiner (Europe) - Germany

“After my masters in semiconductor physics, my PhD and a couple of years in industry, I became aware of the...

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Auguste van Poelgeest

Patent Examiner (Europe) - Germany

“I studied mechanical engineering with French at the University of Bath in the UK and spent two semesters in France...

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Kerri Stenning

Patent Examiner (UK) - Newport (Wales)

“At school I enjoyed sciences and knew that to study Chemistry at university I’d need to do maths and sciences...

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Ashley Evans

Patent Searcher - Newport (Wales)

“I was introduced to patent researching via a recommendation of a friend who had applied for a patent searcher position,...

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William Smith

Technical assistant - London

Trainee

William did Easter and summer internships at D Young & Co. He tells us more about his route into his...

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Claire Webster

Technical assistant - Southampton

Trainee

Claire is training to be a patent attorney. She tells us what attracted her about the patent profession and how...

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Jennie Flint

Technology Transfer Officer - Cambridge

“After finishing my PhD in chemistry, I realised that I didn’t want a career in academia but wasn’t sure what...

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Monika Kraszewska-Hamilton

Technology Transfer Officer - London

“Sometime during the final year of my Master’s in Biotechnology I realised that even though I thoroughly enjoy science, a...

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Sarah Neil

Trade Mark Attorney - London

“I studied IP during my law degree and after deciding that the traditional solicitor/barrister route was not for me, but...

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David Llewellyn

Trade Mark Attorney - Cambridge

“My journey started nearly 20 years ago. I studied biochemistry at university and I liked it so much, I stayed...

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Rachel Garrod

Trade Mark Attorney - Halifax

Trainee

“I am currently undertaking a training contract, to become a Trade Mark Attorney, with Appleyard Lees. My route to becoming...

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Mark Bearfoot

Trade Mark Attorney - London & Oxford

“My route to the profession was a little unorthodox.  I actually left school at 16 and found myself an office...

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