Our Team

Grant Philpott

Director

Grant finished his 32-year career at the European Patent Office as

Chief Operating Officer.

Yannis Skoulikaris

Director

Yannis spent 30 years at the European Patent Office specialising in software technology and artificial intelligence.

Nick Watson

Director

Nick has developed professional networks in both government and the private sector.

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Ann Mather

Senior Advisor (USA)

Ann has many years of experience as a board member of companies such as Alphabet (Google) and Netflix.

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Franco Cordera

Associate

Franco's 35-year career at the European Patent Office covered ICT and standard essential patents.

Graham Ashley

Associate

Graham is a technical judge in the Unified Patent Court and former chairman of an EPO Board of Appeal

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Siobhán Yeats

Associate

Siobhán's expert knowledge of biopharmaceutical patenting spans plants to genome modification.

Wolfram Foerster

Associate

A medical/pharmaceutical patents expert, Wolfram held various senior mgmt positions at the EPO.

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Nigel Berrington

Associate

Nigel‘s 37-year career covered the

patent grant process, quality management and training.

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Daniel Closa

Associate

Daniel’s deep expertise in software and European patent procedures is built on

a 36-year EPO career.

Domenico Golzio

Associate

Domenico's 33-year EPO career covered ICT patents and development of patent search engines and databases.

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Maria Holtmann

Associate

Maria finished her career at the

USPTO as Associate Commissioner

for International Cooperation.

Jose Alconchel Ungria

Associate

Jose ended his 35-year EPO career as Director of Classification, cooperating on many global strategic projects.

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Rinaldi Rada

Associate

Rinaldi worked for 32 years in the USPTO, finishing as a Technology

Centre Group Director.

Peter Hoffman

Associate

Peter finished his 36-year career with Boeing as Vice President of Intellectual Property Management.

Marios Sideris

Associate

Marios spent 35 years at the EPO as director and expert in engineering and global classification.

Nigel Clarke

Associate

Nigel had a 30-year career at the EPO – the majority of which was in Vienna in the Principal Directorate Patent Information.

Maria Fotaki

Associate

Maria’s career at the EPO ranged from patenting biotechnological inventions to customer relations administration.

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Gautier Engisch

Associate

Gautier was Vice-President and Associate General Counsel, Patents, EMEA, with Procter & Gamble.

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Suzanne Herrera

Associate

Suzanne’s valuable expertise spans EPO opposition, quality management, pharma and applied polymers.

Per Wendin

Associate

Per was the IP R&D manager at Spotify with a focus on software and AI invention.

Our Business

A new ally on the innovation landscape

TTN offers independent, impartial advice on all aspects of technology-related IP. It does this through a unique network of patent engineers and scientists who, following a full career in the public sector or industry, have accumulated a deep knowledge both of specific technologies and of IP procedures. Acting as a single point of contact, we connect and facilitate, solving highly specialised challenges through unparalleled technological and IP expertise. We are not a law firm, nor are we affiliated to one. We do not undertake representational work.

TTN’s differentiator is our people and the quality of the advice they provide. Our network of experienced patent scientists and engineers means that we can offer support that is matched both to your specific innovation and your IP needs. For each engagement, we will carefully select the most appropriate adviser and provide you with a profile in advance of any introduction.