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Stephanie
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Senior Patent Attorney

York Office

Technology & Engineering

Telephone. +44(0) 1904 732 120
Email. sjackson@hgf.com
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Experience

Stephanie graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of York, and later completed a MRes degree in Neuroscience. After graduation, she spent time working in a small company specialising in instrumentation, illumination design and biometric systems.

Her work at HGF currently involves drafting and prosecution of patent applications in numerous areas, including telecommunications, networking and consumer devices.

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Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

BSC

Physics

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE

Intellectual Property

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MRes

Publications

Bite-sized MBA Course

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CSR

Stephanie is on the committee for IP Inclusive’s IP Ability community, which is the IP Inclusive community for disabled people, carers and their allies working within the IP professions.

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