Director
European Patent Attorney
UK Patent Attorney
UK Design Attorney
MSci Physics, Imperial College London
PhD, Photonics, Imperial College London
Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property, Bournemouth University
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Emma graduated from Imperial College London in 2009 with a master's degree in Physics, before continuing her studies in the field and at Imperial College by undertaking a PhD in the Photonics Group, followed by a year and a half as a Research Assistant. During this time her research focused on the development of high power diode pumped solid state lasers, using both end-pumped and side-pumped geometries, for use in medical and industrial applications in particular.
Emma decided to make the jump from research into the patent profession in 2015 when she joined the Engineering team at Keltie. Since then, she has worked to support a range of small and large clients, spanning sectors and technologies that include automotive, subsea engineering, optics and photonics, and packaging. Emma has experience in both drafting and prosecution of patent applications, as well as in the filing of design rights in Europe and the US in particular. In addition to her time working for clients from the Keltie offices, Emma has also had the opportunity to undertake an in-house secondment where she was involved in both patent prosecution and invention harvesting.
Emma qualified as a UK patent and design attorney in 2021.
11.02.2026
UK Supreme Court Aligns with EPO “Any Hardware” Approach in Emotional Perception AI Patentability DecisionUK practice pivots: the Supreme Court confirms artificial neural networks (ANNs) are ‘computer programs’ but adopts the EPO’s ‘any hardware’ framework.
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10.07.2024
Recap of Emotional Perception AI v. Comptroller-General of Patent, Designs and Trade Marks [2023]The case of Emotional Perception AI v. Comptroller-General of Patent, Designs and Trade Marks concerns a patent application in the field of artificial neural networks (ANNs) that after several rounds of Examination has resulted in two court appeals to date. In the lead-up to the handing down of the judgement from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), we provide a recap of the case to date.
23.04.2024
The Irish UPC ‘neverendum’?OtherLess related knowledge
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