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Dr. Robert Sackin Print E-mail

Associate

Robert is experienced in patent work in the electrical and electronic fields (including communications), general mechanical inventions and business methods. He has also advised on registered community designs. Robert advises clients of all sizes, from individual inventors through to small and medium size enterprises and large multi-nationals. His commercial experience includes several months working for Nippon Steel in Japan.

Robert joined us in 2002 and became an associate in 2005. Outside of work, Robert likes coastal walking, improving his French and German language skills, playing squash, and spending time with his young family.

Memberships

  • Professional representative before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)

Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering Science, University of Oxford. This is a general engineering degree with a strong mathematical basis that included aspects of mechanical, civil, and electrical engineering as well as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and materials science. Robert specialised in information and electrical engineering including signal and image processing, and control systems
  • PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Surrey. Robert used new magnetic resonance imaging techniques and ellipsometry (an optical technique using elliptically polarised light) to measure solvent/polymer interactions. Computer models were created to explain the observed phenomena
  • Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London 2002
  • Chartered Patent Attorney, 2005
  • European Patent Attorney, 2005