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TOBY HILL

Patent Technical Assistant
Engineering

London

Toby is a trainee patent attorney in our engineering and ICT team. He assists with patent drafting and prosecution before the UKIPO, EPO and USPTO as well as large-scale freedom to operate (FTO) projects including patent landscaping and competitor awareness.

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerosol-generating devices
  • Patent data processing and visualisation

Clients

Toby works with a range of clients in the UK, Europe, the US and Japan. They include consumer electronics companies, multinational engineering conglomerates and SMEs.

Background

Toby has an engineering degree from the University of Cambridge. His master’s research project was based at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction (CSIC) and involved the development of a new vibration serviceability assessment device using prototype, ultra-low noise accelerometers.

He joined Mewburn Ellis in 2021.