Nic is a European and UK Chartered Patent Attorney with long experience of handling the day-to-day prosecution of British, European, PCT and other patent applications, drafting of patent specifications and preparation of opinions. He also has extensive experience of representing blue chip clients at oral proceedings at the European Patent Office with particular experience in multiple opposition proceedings including up to appeal level.
Nic works with a wide range of mechanical and electronic technologies, covering areas as diverse as childcare products, automotive technologies and consumer electronics through to medical devices, augmented reality display systems, 3D printing technology, display screen technology, aircraft safety devices, submersible electronic connectors and automated manufacturing systems.
Nic plays an active role in international outreach efforts on behalf of the British profession and currently leads CIPA’s Japanese Working Group. As part of these activities, Nic has lectured extensively on various aspects of European and British patent law in Japan, Korea and Latin America. While at university, he spent a year studying physics at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Before beginning his training as a patent attorney, he completed an oceanographic research placement in the Acoustic Research Laboratory at the National University of Singapore.