Robert Sackin > Reddie & Grose LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Robert Sackin

Work Department

Patents

Position

Partner

Robert advises on a broad range of patent issues.

One focus of his practice is on prosecuting patent applications related to computer implemented inventions including electronic trading systems used by the world’s largest banks, consumer electronics, set-top box technology, telecommunication systems, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

Another focus has been in technologies with both a mechanical and electrical or electronic aspect including various fields of wind turbine technology, data centre construction and antennas for mobile phone networks, as well as purely mechanical technology such as car park design and vehicle suspension systems.

Career

Robert joined Reddie & Grose in 2002 and has over 15 years’ experience in patenting inventions for his clients in a wide range of technologies reflecting his background in engineering and physics.

He has extensive experience of the US patent system reflecting the importance of the US as a marketplace for many of his clients and the broad range of inventions that can be protected there.

Robert has directly advised clients of all sizes on a broad range of patent issues. He has advised on the initial steps in filing patent applications for individual inventors and small companies, as well as drafting and prosecuting patent applications and preparing freedom-to-operate reports for large multi nationals with large, worldwide patent portfolios. Robert also advises overseas patent attorneys, mainly in the US, in particular on the subtleties of patenting computer-implemented inventions at the European Patent Office and in the UK.

His commercial experience includes several months spent working for Nippon Steel in Japan.

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

European Patent Institute (EPI)

Education

European Trade Mark & Design Attorney (2006)

European Patent Attorney (2005)

Chartered Patent Attorney (2005)

Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London (2002)

PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, University of SurreyMaster’s in Engineering Science, University of Oxford