The person behind
the practice

I grew up around an inventor. My stepfather spent decades building things — machines, mechanisms, ideas that kept him up at night. That's what first made the patent system interesting to me: the idea that someone could protect what they'd built.

I hold an MSc in Physics from the University of Bristol, where I specialised in practical laboratory physics. That technical foundation is what makes everything else work — it means I can genuinely understand inventions across mechanical, electrical, software, and scientific domains. I'm not a lawyer learning your technology on the fly; I come from the same technical world as my clients.

After graduating in 2016, I went straight into training at Kilburn & Strode LLP — one of the UK's leading intellectual property firms and a long-standing Legal 500 name. There I earned a Certificate in Intellectual Property from Queen Mary University of London and focused on software and telecommunications patents, handling European patent office correspondence for clients including Research in Motion (BlackBerry) and Cisco.

Working at top firms, I spent years doing high-quality patent work for major corporations — and never met a single inventor. The clients were legal departments, not the people who'd actually built something. The work was technically excellent but impersonal. Going independent wasn't just about pricing or flexibility — it was about doing the same calibre of work for the people who actually care whether their patent gets granted. Individual inventors, small teams, founders protecting their first product. The people the patent system was theoretically designed for but practically ignores.

After Kilburn & Strode, I moved between firms to broaden my experience across drafting, office correspondence, filing strategy, and portfolio management. By 2020, I had passed the pre-EQE and was on track to sit the European Patent Attorney qualifying exams. Then COVID-19 cancelled all exam sittings.

During the disruption, I began freelancing — and what I found surprised me. There was enormous unmet demand for high-quality patent services from smaller innovators who couldn't afford traditional firm fees but still needed rigorous, professional work. Five years and 800+ five-star reviews later, that stopgap became Alexander IP.

The patent industry — and especially patent attorney firms — is structurally built for applicants with large portfolios. Alexander IP is trying to do the opposite: turn the odds in the inventor's favour a bit. Same quality of work, transparent pricing, and communication that doesn't require a law degree to decode.

The qualification question

I'm not a registered patent attorney. I have the full training — multi-year programme at a top Legal 500 firm, pre-EQE passed — but chose independent practice over the qualification bureaucracy. I file applications under clients' names (as pro se for US applications, or through registered agents where required). My track record of 100+ grants across multiple jurisdictions speaks for itself, but I'm always transparent about this distinction.

What you get

When you work with Alexander IP, you get one person who understands your invention deeply, handles every stage personally, and is genuinely invested in getting your patent granted. No handoffs, no juniors, no account managers. Many clients come back with their second, third, or sixth invention — because the relationship is built on trust, not transactions.