Rebecca specialises in mechanical-related inventions, with experience in fields such as aerospace, heavy machinery, consumer devices and sports technology. She enjoys taking clients through the patent life cycle, from invention harvesting and devising patent filing strategies, through to multi-jurisdictional prosecution and freedom-to-operate reviews. She has private practice experience advising on patent matters for clients from SMEs to multinationals and is skilled at liaising with clients, from inventors to directors, and with foreign attorneys and in-house IP practitioners.
Rebecca enjoys mentoring trainee attorneys and paralegals as they prepare for qualification examinations, regularly providing internal training sessions. She is also an active member of multiple DE&I groups within EIP, promoting gender balance in the profession and a commitment to giving back to our communities.
Rebecca holds a first class masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath and a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Bournemouth University.
Recent work
- Drafting and prosecution of patents related to mechanical and electro-mechanical inventions, in various jurisdictions.
- Infringement Analysis
- Freedom-to-Operate Reviews
- IP Auditing
- Registered Design portfolio management, drafting and prosecution
Published articles
- June 2023
EIP News Flashes, Mobility-as-a-Service – have you protected your assets from the competition? (link) - May 2022
Newsflash, Mobility-as-a-Service – how will you travel? (link) - February 2022
The Patent Lawyer Magazine , Innovation at the Winter Olympics (link) - July 2021
Newsflash, Should I get my Patent Application to Grant as Fast as Possible? (link) - June 2021
Sport Broadcast, Protecting the Intellectual Property of Sports Tech Companies (link) - June 2021
Intellectual Property Magazine, Going For Gold (link) - May 2021
Law in Sports, Broadcasting Tokyo 2020: How Modern Media Techniques Will Be Protected By IP Law (link) - April 2021
LinkedIn, Innovation at the Olympics (link) - February 2021
LinkedIn, Many ways to solve a problem: e-bike conversion kits (link) - January 2021
LinkedIn, Mobility-as-a-Service – how will you travel? (link) - December 2020
LinkedIn, F1 and the Problem of Debris (link)
Education
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2021
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2015
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (Distinction), Bournemouth University -
2006 — 2012
MEng Engineering, University of Bath -
2007 — 2008
Diploma of Medical Engineering, University of Surrey
Career history
- 2023 — present
Senior Associate, EIP - 2014 — 2023
Associate, EIP - 2012 — 2014
Mechanical Engineer, Babcock International
Specialisms
Digital
- Additive manufacturing
- Electromechanical systems
Dynamics
- Additive manufacturing
- Electromechanical systems
- Mechanics
HealthTech
- Additive manufacturing
- Medical devices