Heather is regularly cited in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and IAM Patent 1000 guides as a leading practitioner.
Heather joined EIP in 2002 from the IP Division of a major telecoms company. She has significant experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for innovation relating to computer systems and architecture, desktop applications, signal processing, wireless modem technologies, a range of networking topologies and protocols, electronic messaging systems and electronic trading systems. She has represented clients at opposition and appeal proceedings at the EPO on numerous occasions, and provides support on litigation matters, worldwide.
Heather has a PhD in Combustion and Fluid Dynamics, and a Bachelors Degree in Engineering, both from Imperial College, London.
Education and qualifications
- PhD in Combustion and Fluid Dynamics, Imperial College, London
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Imperial College, London.
Career history
- 2002 — present
Partner, EIP - 1999 — 2002
Patent Attorney, British Telecoms - 1998 — 1999
Trainee Patent Attorney, BAE Systems