Richard Tatham

Background

About Richard Tatham

I am a Chartered UK and European Patent Attorney whose practice spans such diverse areas as cryptography (classical and quantum) and digital security, telecommunications, quantum computing, quantum-based sensors, machine learning and artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, digital imaging, bioinformatics and medical devices. I have advised research institutions and companies of all sizes, from innovative start-ups to large multinationals, and in sectors including telecommunications, software, security, medical services, and financial services. For start-ups and SMEs, I have helped to define and develop bespoke intellectual property strategies in order to assist clients in best practice management of their patents, trade secrets and designs. I have amassed experience in handling IP matters across a wide range of technologies and have particular experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications concerning: • Quantum technologies, including quantum computing, quantum cryptography, quantum algorithms and quantum metrology. • Machine learning, particularly using neural networks and/or random forests • Blockchain technologies, including both novel blockchain architectures and novel blockchain implementations with smart contracts • Telecommunications, including standards essential patents, user interfaces, network communications and messaging protocols • Cryptography, including position verification protocols and public key protocols such as elliptic curve cryptography • Medical devices, particularly in relation to blood analyte sensors and radiopharmaceutical imaging. I am a keen philomath, logophile and puzzle enthusiast, and take a keen interest in cutting edge technologies, particularly if there is interesting mathematics or physics behind the curtain! I have completed a PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of St Andrews after graduating with an MSci in Natural Sciences from Durham University (with a focus on physics, mathematics and philosophy). My PhD studies concentrated primarily on quantum information theory. I have published, and continue to occasionally publish, academic papers relating to quantum entanglement, quantum discord and quantum cryptography. I have also studied the theory of transformation optics using metamaterials.