Dr. Ian Weaver

Partner

Irish Patent Agent

Chartered Patent Attorney (UK)

European Patent Attorney

UPC Representative

M.Sc. Optoelectronics and Optical Information Processing

Ian’s main areas of expertise include drafting patent applications, obtaining, securing and enforcing patents, conducting opposition and appeal proceedings as well as the assessment of third-party property rights and worldwide portfolio management.

He gained particular expertise in aerospace, systems engineering technologies, and electro-optical systems through his work for a British Defence aerospace company and also for a British Defence technology company. For the Defence aerospace company he was involved in the design and development of military aircraft and systems, and for the Defence technology company he was leader of a UAV and sensor group, that designed and developed military UAVs and associated sensor systems such as 3D active imaging systems, and passive imaging systems. At the British defence technology company he also became responsible for the intellectual property portfolios for Weapons and Ordnance//unitions, Air, Materials, and Land Divisions.

He has also worked in the areas of non-defence sensor and aerospace technologies.

He has also worked to establish a technology and digital patent portfolio of an international pharmaceutical group and played a key role in shaping the strategic direction of patent protection for these technologies.

His technical focus is therefore on defence and non-defence technologies in the areas of physics, aerospace, electrical systems, optics and optoelectronics, and imaging systems, and also works in the areas of telecommunications, high-tech consumer goods, diagnostic systems and digitalization.