Josh mainly handles patent and design work in the engineering, materials and consumer products fields.
Josh joined Reddie & Grose (R&G) in September 2015 after completing a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London. Through his academic experience, Josh was able to be involved on various projects concerning fluid dynamics, structural analysis, turbomachinery, wind turbine & aircraft design, MRI, robotics, and automated drones. This means that Josh is able to assist clients in a wide variety of technical fields, ranging from aerospace to medical devices and other consumer products.
Josh has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in many different technical fields before the UK and European patent offices, as well as managing worldwide patent portfolios having a presence in other major IP jurisdictions. Josh has experience in successfully representing clients’ interests in complex EPO oppositions and appeals, particularly in the context of multi-jurisdictional disputes.
Josh is one of R&G’s experts in advising clients on effective design protection strategies and executing them in the UK , Europe, and further abroad.
Josh advises and represents clients of all shapes and sizes, by providing advice in relation to many aspects of patent and design protection to start-up clients, SMEs, multinational companies, and other institutions. He advises clients on the potential risks and actions associated with navigating third party IP rights (mainly, patents and designs) when launching new products and how these products could be protected through a cost-effective and pragmatic IP strategy. Josh takes particular enjoyment from assisting local clients with protecting their IP interests.
Josh has also gained valuable commercial experience working, on secondment, in the patent department of a large multinational company.
At Imperial College, Josh participated in a group project for automating the control of drone swarms. In his final year, he was awarded with the best experimental project prize for investigating the reliability of cardiac diffusion tensor imaging techniques in detecting cardiomyopathy. Josh was also included in the Dean’s list for Academic Excellence in his third and final years.
Josh is fluent in Spanish. In his spare time, Josh enjoys playing all sorts of ball-based sports as well as cycling, rollerblading, and skiing. He also takes pleasure in travelling.
