About
Toby Hopkin is a Partner and European and UK Patent Attorney in the Engineering and IT department at J A Kemp, advising clients from individual inventors to multinational companies. He specialises in patent drafting, filing and prosecution (including at the EPO), registered designs, freedom-to-operate and enforcement, with a recognised focus on restoration and re-establishment of patent rights after lapses or late filings.
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyPatentsDesignsIP Enforcement
Office
Expertise
Nanoscale technologiesLarge-scale constructionsPatent drafting and prosecutionRegistered designsPatent restoration and re-establishment (renewal fee restorations, late priority claims, regional phase reinstatement)Freedom to operate and enforcement adviceCase management and internal process improvement
Education
- University of Cambridge, Masters Degree in Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
Admissions
- European Patent Attorney
- UK Patent Attorney
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
- Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)