Andrew Cockerell Email & Phone Number

I am a Chartered UK and European Patent Attorney at D Young & Co and have particular expertise in the fields of physics, engineering and IT. My work involves the drafting and prosecuting of UK, European and foreign patent applications in a wide range of technologies – from microprocessors, distributed computing and AI to medical devices, nuclear power systems and additive manufacture. I work with a variety of clients, including multinational corporations as well as SMEs and academic institutions located primarily in the UK and USA. I have experience of representing clients at Oral Proceedings before Examining and Opposition Divisions of the European Patent Office (EPO), as well as providing infringement, freedom to operate and validity opinions.Since the beginning of 2022, I have been on a part-time secondment with the patent department of a FTSE 100 technology company, providing patent analysis and developing competitor intelligence in order to advise on strategic prosecution and utilisation of their patent portfolio.Prior to joining D Young & Co, I worked in engineering as an aerodynamicist with Airbus SAS and in various roles within Rolls-Royce plc, including as a stress analyst on high temperature gas turbine components and as a design engineer on reactor coolant pumps for nuclear submarines, becoming a Chartered Engineer in 2014.

Listed skills include Aerodynamics, Gas Turbines, Aerospace, Stress Analysis, and 31 others.

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  Partner, Patent Attorney

  D Young & Co Llp

  Apr 2024 - Present - Southampton, England, United Kingdom

  - Draft and prosecute UK, European and foreign patent applications in a wide range of technologies from microprocessors and distributed computing to medical devices, consumer goods and additive manufacture.- Provide infringement, freedom to operate and validity opinions.- Assist clients with portfolio management, new concept harvesting and budgeting.- Work with a variety of clients, including multinational corporations as well as SMEs and academic institutions located in the UK and USA.- Part-time secondment with the patent department of a FTSE 100 technology company, providing patent analysis and developing competitor intelligence in order to advise on strategic prosecution and utilisation of their patent portfolio.- Represent clients at oral proceedings before Examining and Opposition Divisions of the European Patent Office (EPO).