Debora Dorn

Trainee Patent Attorney

BSc, MASt

A background in physics, mathematics and machine learning helps Debora understand new innovations and protect client’s intellectual property.

Debora has broad insight into various areas of physics and mathematics. She has a particular interest in machine learning and its various applications – from health care to self-driving cars.

Being a native German speaker helps Debora handle European patent applications.

Debora holds a first class honours bachelor’s degree in theoretical physics from the University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge.

Her bachelor’s thesis focused on using deep learning to analyse cosmological images. During her master’s degree, she explored how the universe’s early evolution might be detectable today.

AREAS OF PRACTICE IN PATENTS:

• Artificial intelligence
• Consumer electronics
• Consumer products
• Data storage & retrieval
• Fluid dynamics
• Image processing (e.g. MRI)
• Machine learning
• Nuclear
• Optics
• Quantum technologies
• Telecommunications
• Thermodynamics