Associate
Chartered UK Patent and Design Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Physics BSc - Imperial College London
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Sinead graduated from Imperial College London in 2019 with first class honours in Physics BSc. Her final year project focused on the use of nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes within medicine, and she was awarded the David Smith Prize for excellence in Medical MRI and Ultrasound.
Sinead joined the Engineering team at Keltie in 2024, after five years in the profession. She has experience in drafting and prosecuting applications for clients ranging from large multi-national companies to small university spin-outs and start-ups. Sinead’s technical experience includes medical devices, software, automotive technology, and environmental technology.
Sinead qualified as a UK and European Patent Attorney in 2023.
05.02.2025
The role of patents in promoting AI investmentIn January 2025, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle announced the AI Opportunities Action Plan. The Plan has three goals: (1) Invest in the foundations of AI; (2) Push hard on cross-economy AI adoption; and (3) Position the UK to be an AI maker, not an AI taker.
23.08.2024
G 1/23 - Potential changes ahead for what constitutes “state of the art”?The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has now issued its preliminary (and non-binding) opinion on G 1/23. This referral (from the Technical Board of Appeal in T 438/19) seeks to clarify whether a commercially available product, with an undisclosed composition or internal structure, must be analysable and reproducible by the skilled person in order to constitute prior art under Article 54(2) EPC.
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