Andrew helps businesses protect their intellectual property for competitive advantage.
Working with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, he is committed to securing patent assets with maximum value in Canada and abroad. With an engineering background, over 20 years in the patent field, and top IAM and MIP rankings, Andrew has particular expertise in materials science, energy, clean-tech, mining and metallurgy, and medical devices.
Andrew also has an extensive industrial design practice assisting clients with protecting the aesthetic features of their products.
Within BLG, Andrew is National Group Manager of our Intellectual Property Group.
He is a registered Canadian patent agent in our Ottawa office.
Experience
- Patent drafting for Fortune 500 companies to Government corporations.
- Canadian patent prosecution for several Fortune 500 companies and FT Europe 500 companies.
- Patent opinions for Fortune 500 companies to Government corporations.
- Managing patent prosecution in over 40 countries.
- Management of one of Canada’s largest industrial design portfolios.
- Commissioned study of the feasibility of pyrometallurgical lithium extraction from a confidential compound for McGill University.
- Study on the prediction of porosity in aluminum casting using mathematical criteria functions for McGill University.
- Patent drafting for Fortune 500 companies to Government corporations.
- Canadian patent prosecution for several Fortune 500 companies and FT Europe 500 companies.
- Patent opinions for Fortune 500 companies to Government corporations.
- Managing patent prosecution in over 40 countries.
- Management of one of Canada’s largest industrial design portfolios.
- Commissioned study of the feasibility of pyrometallurgical lithium extraction from a confidential compound for McGill University.
- Study on the prediction of porosity in aluminum casting using mathematical criteria functions for McGill University.