Susannah Dragosavac

Susannah is a UK and European patent attorney working in the engineering and technology team.

Her practice covers a wide range of technical subject matter, with a particular focus on medical devices, surgical instruments, medical imaging systems, surgical data processing systems, software, and user interfaces. She has considerable experience in successfully attacking and defending granted European patents during opposition and appeal proceedings, with a particular focus on medical devices/systems. She is experienced in proactive management of large, complex patent portfolios and the successful adaptation and prosecution of US-originating invention applications before the EPO, as well as providing validity and infringement opinions of granted UK patents, coordinating multinational patent families, and prosecuting applications in patent offices around the world.

Susannah has advised clients from early-stage start-ups through to multi-national corporations, working on matters spanning language modelling to medical devices, across the product lifecycle. Susannah is very enthusiastic and engaged with her clients and is skilled at developing an in-depth understanding of their technology and tailoring her advice to the specific needs of her clients. As a result of her experiences embedded within a small start-up company and within the in-house IP team of a global med-tech corporation, Susannah offers a commercially pragmatic perspective.

Areas of Expertise

• Medical devices including endoscopic, laparoscopic and energy devices
• Capital equipment for operating rooms, including generators and data processing systems 
• Artificial intelligence in the medical field, for example surgical data processing, surgical visualisation, machine guided operations and autonomous control
• Diabetic devices including blood glucose monitoring, insulin delivery and lancing devices 
• Intraocular lens inserters, IOLs and contact lenses
• Women’s health, including biopsy devices, surgical devices, urinary incontinence devices, menstrual products, and bras
• Language modelling and user interfaces

Background

Susannah studied Natural Sciences (Experimental and Theoretical Physics) at Cambridge University, graduating with a first-class degree. She joined the profession in 2007, qualifying as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2011, receiving the Gill Prize for highest aggregate mark in the Chartered Patent Attorney exams.

Susannah joined the partnership at Mewburn Ellis LLP in 2025, after 18 years working at another top tier firm.