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Andrew Docherty

Andrew specialises in the field of engineering, with extensive experience in technologies relating to the oil and gas industry, advising a myriad of clients across multiple jurisdictions on all aspects of IP, from protection through to enforcement and strategic management of third party IP risks. In view of Andrew’s significant experience in the oil and gas sector he has led the opening and development of the Aberdeen office of Marks & Clerk. In addition to his expertise in oil and gas technologies, Andrew has vast experience in many other engineering disciplines, including renewables, medical devices, gas turbine systems and the aerospace industry. He regularly represents clients before the Opposition Division and Appeal Boards of the European Patent Office, and also has significant experience in multi-jurisdictional due diligence, including validity and freedom to operate investigations. Andrew was born and educated in Scotland, obtaining a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Andrew has been recognised as a leading patent practitioner in a number of publications, with particular recognition for his experience in the oil and gas sector. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, he was listed as an ‘IP Star’ by Managing Intellectual Property, and described as “capable and represents his clients well”. He is also recommended in the IAM Patent1000 guide and hailed as “an oil and gas specialist”. Andrew is also mentioned in the 2015 and 2016 editions of Legal 500.

Richard Gibbs

Richard advises clients in patenting and other IP matters in the field of biotechnology and has particular expertise in technologies relating to antibodies, vaccines, biologics, virology, bacteriology and molecular biology. He has worked with all of Scotland’s major universities and is a regular speaker at IP conferences and events. Richard joined the patent profession after a period as both a research scientist and a university lecturer having obtained an honours degree in medical microbiology and a doctorate in immunology and microbiology from the University of Edinburgh. Richard is mentioned by Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars which says he is “recommended for life sciences patent work”.

Tim Hargreaves

Tim is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney and works in the fields of electronics, physics, engineering and computer-related inventions. He has worked with many different clients ranging from large multinationals to SMEs, Universities and start-ups. Tim has experience of many areas of patent practice, including large scale, cross-border due diligence and product clearance projects, and he has represented clients in both examination and opposition hearings before the European Patent Office. Tim has worked on a wide range of technologies, with particular experience in computer-related inventions, medical devices, medical imaging, signal processing, photonics, solid state physics, semiconductors, networking and communication technologies, aircraft systems, oil and gas-related technologies, and financial systems including ATMs and payment card systems. Tim is Managing Partner of the firm's Edinburgh office and has previously worked in both the London and Paris offices of Marks & Clerk. Tim is referred to in IAM Patent 1000 as a “physicist and electronics ace” and as a person to call when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and computer-implemented technologies. Tim graduated from Nottingham University with a first class honours degree in physics before obtaining a doctorate from Sussex University for research in low temperature physics. He then undertook post-doctoral research at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique in Grenoble, France studying strongly correlated electronic systems, including heavy fermions and high temperature superconductors.