Kieran Killough Email & Phone Number

European Patent AttorneyChartered (UK) Patent AttorneyIAM Patent 1000 Recommended Individual (2023 and 2024)Kieran has over 17 years' experience advising clients on IP matters relating to physics and engineering technologies. Specialist technical areas include medical devices, automotive, semiconductors, graphene, subsea engineering, particle accelerators, detectors, spectroscopy and microscopy.Kieran's practice focuses mainly on the identification and procurement of IP rights and he routinely works with clients to maximise the value that may be extracted from R&D work undertaken. He has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications and is skilled at formulating innovative strategies that strike an effective balance between protection of commercially valuable concepts and clients' budgets.Kieran represents a wide range of clients from start-ups to universities and international organisations. He is experienced in handling large global patent portfolios and works with associates across the world to provide his clients with proactive, commercially-focused advice, ensuring that the IP strategy complements his clients' objectives.In addition to drafting and prosecution work, Kieran has experience of handling contentious matters relating to patent infringement and entitlement issues. Kieran has attended hearings before the European Patent Office's Examining Division, Opposition Division and Boards of Appeal, as well as the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), achieving positive outcomes for his clients in each forum.Kieran is listed as a “Recommended Individual” in the 2023 and 2024 IAM Patent 1000 World Leading Patent Professionals directories which refer to him as “a dab hand at crafting effective strategies to protect and monetise physics and engineering technologies” and being “a world-class patent attorney in the deep-tech sector. He has in-depth technical knowledge and, specifically, a strong understanding of semiconductor physics. He also possesses fantastic communication skills, is a shrewd navigator of prior art and knows how to prepare a top-class patent application”.

Listed skills include Patents, Intellectual Property, Patent Prosecution, Prosecution, and 12 others.