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Dr
Janine
Swarbrick

Patent Director

Nottingham Office

Electronics

Telephone. +44(0) 115 857 5003
Mobile. +4(0)7407 879154
Email. [email protected]

Experience

Janine is a Patent Director. Her day to day work involves drafting and prosecution work related to many areas of physics, electronics, and computing-focussed technologies. She co-leads the Electronics MedTech sector looking to engage with clients working in the rapidly developing field of MedTech and HealthTech.

Janine has extensive experience of helping clients (from local clients to multinational companies) to protect inventions relating to physics-based fields including: telecommunications (including mobile devices and 4G, LTE and 5G standards, user interfaces, network communications and messaging schemes), computer systems and software (including for sensing and control of physical systems such as vehicles, medical devices, and RFID tracking technology), nanotechnology including 2D materials, automotive technologies, medical devices and MedTech/HealthTech, and semiconductors.

Her past research work includes soft and hard X-ray spectroscopy at synchrotron facilities, scanning tunnelling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, electrospray systems, and computer modelling of molecular systems. Janine has published several scientific journal articles on her research including from her postdoctoral position at the ESRF in Grenoble, France.

Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe


MSCI

MSci in Physics

PHD

Physics (Nanoscience)

Recognition

The CIPA Chris Gibson prize for Law

Janine was awarded the Chris Gibson prize for obtaining the highest mark in the Patents Foundation Law Paper (Basic English Law) in her year.

Publications

Innovating the Future of Healthcare: Patent Filing Trends in Europe

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Spotting innovation in digital health – and can you patent it?

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Artificial intelligence inventions in healthcare – can you patent them in Europe?

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Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity - February 2021

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BioCity hosts Ada Lovelace Day - October 2020

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BioCity hosts Ada Lovelace Day - October 2021

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Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity - February 2022

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Managing IP July 2022 - EPO must seize chance for EQE reform, say diversity advocates -

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WIPR Diversity 2022 - Ageism in the Multigenerational Workforce

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WIPR Diversity 2022 - Promoting Women in STEM

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Health Tech World: Spotting innovation in digital health – and can you patent it?

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Conferences: 2021

October 1st 2021

CIPA IP Paralegals Virtual Conference - "IP Inclusive: A Community for All"

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June 11th 2021

CITMA IP Inclusive Webinar - "Carers and solo parents at work"

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CSR

Janine enjoys passing on her professional knowledge and experience to others and being involved in several teaching/mentoring roles. In-house, she tutors trainees for the EQE drafting Paper A, and for the CIPA FD1 Law paper.

Janine is proud to be a part of the  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) focus group within HGF, working to promote equality in a welcome and supportive working environment for all within the company and the wider IP profession.

Janine is also on the Committee for IP Inclusive’s Non-traditional Family Network, a community of solo parents, other non-traditional family members and allies in the UK IP professions, aiming to providing support to those in non-traditional families.

For more information, see: https://ipinclusive.org.uk/community/ip-non-traditional-family-network/

Outside of HGF and in collaboration with BioCity, where HGF Nottingham are based, Janine is involved as a “scientist in residence” through the Lab_13 initiative run by Ignite! Futures, who work with local schools to raise excitement and awareness of STEM subjects and career opportunities. She is involved with the annual Ada Lovelace Day organised by BioCity and Ignite! Futures to work with year 7 and 8 girls from local schools to inspire the next generation of female scientists. She provides activities and workshops with schools for the annual Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity, and she is also a STEM ambassador, working with schools and teachers to promote STEM subjects for all.

For more information, see:

https://www.ignitefutures.org.uk/biocity

https://wearepioneergroup.com/ald-21/

https://www.ignitefutures.org.uk/post/2019/06/05/launching-lab13-biocity

https://nottsfosac.co.uk/

https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-ambassadors

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