Nathan Pennington

Manager, Patent Analyst
London, EIP Europe LLP


Nathan’s primary focus is on patent searching and market research.

He joined EIP after more than 14 years in the search division of an international specialist search company, where in addition to performing and supervising novelty, validity, clearance, design and landscape searches he was involved in the development of a commercially available searcher focused patent database.

Nathan conducts novelty, validity, clearance and landscape searches in a number of technical fields including electro-mechanical systems, medical devices, automotive technologies, heavy engineering, packaging, financial systems, business systems and database systems. Nathan holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Warwick.

Education and qualifications

  • 2013 — present
    MSc Information Systems and Technology (part time), City University London
  • 1994 — 1997
    BEng, University of Warwick

Career history

  • 2013 — present
    Patent Searcher and Database Manager, EIP
  • 2003 — 2012
    Senior Patent and Technical Information Searcher, RWS
  • 1998 — 2002
    Patent and Technical Information Searcher, RWS