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Patent Attorney

Rachel is a UK and European patent attorney with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and a DPhil in vision science. Rachel is a Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC).  She helps clients protect their technology through patents in a wide variety of fields, including AI, software, construction, infrastructure and telecommunications. She also provides training and advice regarding AI ethics and AI regulation.

Rachel has patent experience in a range of technical fields including neural networks, data centre storage, multi-core systems, cryptography, programming languages, information retrieval, machine learning, quantum computing, internet of things, time of flight cameras, natural user interface technology, image processing, infra-red sensors, wireless communications, voice over internet protocol, video codecs, cloud computing technology, mobile phone antennas, software and telecommunications.

Rachel is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and a member of its Computer Technology Committee. She has lectured for CIPA and acted as an Examiner for CIPA. She is listed as a Highly Recommended Individual – IAM Patent 1000, United Kingdom: England and Wales 2024.

• Vice chair of the CIPA Computer Technology Committee.
• Task Force - Data Governance, All Party Parliamentary Group on AI (APPG AI).
• Independent advisory board member of the University of Bath Centre for Doctoral Training on Accountable, Responsible, Transparent AI.
• International Chamber of Commerce working group on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property.

• 1999 –  UK registered Patent Attorney, UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, London
• 1999 – European Patent Attorney, European Patent Office, Munich
• 1996 – Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University, London
• 1996 – Dphil, Vergence eye movements and stereopsis, Oxford University, Oxford
• 1992 – MSc, Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
• 1991 – MA Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford