Daniel O'Byrne
Patent attorney
Daniel is a member of the patent department, specializing in mechanical engineering, and of the European patent department.
His expertise is in prosecuting European and foreign patents in countries including the USA, Japan, China and South Korea, and in managing clients' intellectual property portfolios.
His activity also includes prior art and freedom-to-operate searches, oppositions and appeals at the European Patent Office, and due diligence.
He has worked on the drafting and prosecution of over 5,000 patent applications world-wide, both before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office, and before Patent Offices in other countries through a vast network of local associates.
Daniel specializes in mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermal engineering, construction, automation, materials, agriculture, biomedical devices, electrotechnics, electrochemistry and computing, particularly in the fields of biomedicine, automotive industry, dental prostheses, leather goods, industrial automation, material surface coating techniques, welding machines and air conditioning.
His clients include multinational corporations, small/medium enterprises, individual inventors, research institutions, universities, technology transfer offices, venture capital firms and angel investors, both foreign and domestic.
