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Dr
Rosi
Armstrong

Patent Director

Belfast Office Dublin Office

Electronics

Telephone. +44(0) 28 9078 5870
Mobile. +44(0) 7787 001841
Email. [email protected]
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Experience

Rosi has extensive experience and technical expertise in patenting physics, medtech, electronics, telecommunications and software inventions. She has particular interest in patents for medical software and electronic and telecommunication equipment and standards. Rosi works with a broad range of clients including multi-nationals, SMEs, micro- and spin-out companies and educational and governmental establishments.

Having owned her own company, Rosi is well aware of the importance of delivering a business-oriented approach for her clients, that aligns legal and technical advice to the structure, size, resources and business strategy of the client. She has substantial experience in the identification and prioritisation of client IP requirements, advising on IP portfolio creation and management, providing patentability and freedom to operate assessments and IP procurement through successful prosecution of patent applications to grant.

Rosi has significant knowledge of the exploitation of IP, providing advice and review of assignment, licence and collaboration agreements, IP clauses in commercial agreements and the organisation of the transfer of IP portfolios. She also provides expertise in the protection of inventions through registered designs and design patents and copyright.

Specialisms

Industries

Services

Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe
Ireland

BSC

Physics with Medical Physics

PHD

Physics

Publications

16-Year-Old Inventor Awarded Irish Patent Certificate for her Innovation for Visually Impaired People

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HGF continues to grow across Europe with office relocation and expansion in the Island of Ireland

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Intellectual Property chapter in Engineering Innovative Products, Wiley

Conferences: 2022

23-03-2022

Dublin IP and R and D Summit

Attended

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CSR

Rosi has an active participation in the wider business community debate on the promotion of innovation in the knowledge economy, providing IP talks and advice in a variety of forums. She is involved in a number of programmes provided by the Catalyst innovation community, including acting as a judge for the annual Invent awards.

Rosi is also a Mentor and Lecturer for the BEng and MEng Engineering Entrepreneurship course in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University, Belfast and an IP Mentor for the Belfast City Council Enterprise Framework.

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