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.
27.07.2026
The Impact of UKIPO Examination Guidance for CIIs on Inventive Step AssessmentThe UKIPO’s new examination guidance aligns its approach more closely with the EPO, while retaining important differences in inventive step analysis.
14.07.2026
Patents and the Birth of Materials InformaticsIn 1863, David Kirkaldy patented his ‘Universal Testing Machine’ and laid the foundations for the Materials Informatics revolution. What did his patented invention mean then, and how can materials informatics inventions be protected now?
13.01.2025
Protecting IP in agricultureOtherLess related knowledge
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