Dudley Hawkins

Consultant

Chartered Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Chartered Physicist

BSc Physics, University of Durham
PhD Magnetism, University of Durham

Member of the Institute of Physics

Dudley has worked with clients from private individuals to large corporations, and is experienced in providing advice on all patent matters, including validity and infringement. He has appeared on numerous occasions before Examining Divisions, Opposition Divisions and Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. He has handled revocation proceedings before the UK Intellectual Property Office and has been involved in litigation before the Patents Court and the Court of Appeal.

Dudley has experience in handling UK, European, international and foreign patent applications covering a wide range of mechanical, electrical and electronic subject matter. His patent work over the years has ranged from the simple - such as sleeping bags, sportswear, balloons, board games and household cleaning devices - to the complex, including continuously-variable transmission gearboxes, matrix switching arrangements, semiconductor fabrication, thermodynamics, coin and banknote validation, inkjet printers, cryptography, digital signal processing, motor-generators and magnetic resonance systems.

Back to team list