AI: Hardware

Luke has a keen interest in hardware technologies crucial to the AI ecosystem such as semiconductors, photonics and edge devices. He has experience of drafting and prosecuting patent applications in these fields related to AI hardware.  

Luke has a particular expertise in semiconductor devices and their associated fabrication techniques having previously worked in the IP department at a multi-national semiconductor manufacturing company. He is used to advising engineers and decision makers on a wide variety of IP matters such as patentability, detecting infringement, invention harvesting, freedom-to-operate (FTO) and trade secrets.

Rebecca has a particular interest in transport/logistics and AI hardware as well as electronic design. Before joining Mewburn Ellis, Rebecca worked as an electronics and firmware engineer for a technology consultancy where she undertook a variety of research and development projects for the defence and aerospace industries. Rebecca has a breadth of practical experience in FPGA design, analogue and digital electronics, radar modelling, and radio communications. Additionally, Rebecca has significant experience in applying AI/ML for signal processing, computer vision and data security applications. She has practical experience using Caffe, Pytorch, Keras, and Tensorflow to build and test neural networks such as CNNs, GANs and LSTMs. 

Tom has a particular interest in transport and logistics, AI hardware and health/bioinformatics. He has a wealth of hands-on experience in the AI space, having worked with companies across the technical spectrum in areas such as multi modal threat detection, neurological assessments, and video analysis.

Tom works with inventors during the invention capture process to ensure that the resulting patent application is robust and suitable across jurisdictions. He also regularly assists foreign attorneys to obtain European protection for AI inventions. 

Emma focuses on AI as applied to e commerce, educational tools, digital health, internet of things, as well as optics/photonics. She recognises the fast moving nature of software and the need to obtain protection quickly. She takes a proactive approach in prosecution including arranging examiner interviews and regularly advises upon acceleration mechanisms, both locally in the UK and Europe as well as across global portfolios. Emma has a particular focus on drafting applications designed to achieve the best protection possible in both Europe and the US; a skill that often requires just the right amount of compromise. In 2014 she spent time on secondment working in Silicon Valley, giving her a unique perspective of the challenges that US applicants face when patenting in Europe.

Alessio maintains state-of-the-art knowledge in high-growth areas of applied artificial intelligence, including robotics, natural language processing, network security, embedded systems, and AI agents. He also has an in-depth expertise in custom hardware, such as programmable logic devices (e.g. FPGAs), and other high-performance hardware for optimised neural network implementations.

Alessio has an MEng in Computing from Imperial College London. In addition to solid computer engineering foundations, he gained exposure and practical experience in various areas of knowledge representation, AI planning, machine learning, and high-performance computing. His final year research project investigated optimisation techniques for radiation therapy simulation on FPGA for use in adaptive radiotherapy. Additionally, Alessio worked as a software developer at a cyber security company specialising in military-grade encryption solutions for everyday mobile devices.