Paul Beynon
Senior Associate
MEng, CPA, EPA
Paul is recognised as a ‘key lawyer’ by Legal 500, and a ‘WIPR Leader’ by World Intellectual Property Review.
Paul’s strong engineering background and in-house experience makes him well-positioned to offer clients commercially sensible, tailored support to maximise the value of their IP. Paul’s clients range from start-ups and SMEs to large multi-national corporations. Paul acts as a lead contact for one of Appleyard Lees’ biggest clients.
Paul has significant experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a broad range of mechanical, software and electronic fields, including consumer electronics, aerospace, thermodynamics, green technology systems, medical devices, hydraulic systems and the like.
During a three-year secondment to the in-house patent department of a consumer products company, Paul gained valuable experience of managing a large patent portfolio. He experienced first-hand, the challenges inventors and companies face when bringing products to market.
Paul holds a first-class degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University.
AREAS OF PRACTICE IN PATENTS:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Autonomous vehicles and control
- Building Technology
- Civil engineering
- Clean technology
- Construction
- Consumer electronics
- Consumer products
- Consumer products
- Defence
- Defence systems
- Display devices
- Fluid dynamics
- Fuel cells
- Gas turbine technologies
- Healthcare Diagnostic and Imaging systems
- Heat pumps and heat engines
- Hybrid and electric propulsion/vehicles
- Hydroelectric power systems
- Manufacturing methods
- Mechatronics
- Medical devices
- Medical physics
- Turbines
- Packaging
- Packaging technology
- Print systems
- Printing
- Product life cycle
- Pumps and compressors
- Subsea connection systems
- Telecommunications
- Thermodynamics
- Tidal-based power systems
- Offshore/Marine Electrical devices, storage modules and transmission devices
- Wind-based power systems
AREAS OF PRACTICE IN DISPUTES:
- Appeals
- Infringement
- Invalidity
- Oppositions
