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Olivia Crawford

Olivia Crawford

Partner

UK and European Patent Attorney | European Patent Litigator (representative before the UPC)

Location
Bristol (UK)

About Olivia

Olivia is a Partner in the High Tech team who joined HLK in 2013, qualified in 2017, and became partner in 2023. Whilst working at HLK, Olivia has developed extensive experience in patent drafting and prosecution skills in a wide range of physics, electronics and communication-based technologies such as telecommunications, audio signal processing, MEMS devices and software/AI related inventions.

Olivia has particularly vast experience in the telecoms field, having drafted and prosecuted hundreds of applications, many of which have gone on to become Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). Her work with SEPs goes beyond drafting and prosecution into the analysis of whether or not patents can be considered standard essential to a number of different international standards.

Whilst working at HLK, Olivia has developed a particular passion for drafting and prosecuting machine learning related inventions. She regularly impresses inventors and patent engineers alike with the depth of her understanding of the technology involved – and is often praised for her ability to turn complex inventions disclosures into readable and logical applications.

Olivia also has a deep understanding of the needs of in-house patent departments, gained over multiple secondments to a fabless semiconductor company specialising in signal processing. This, combined with her extensive technical knowledge spanning a wide range of disciplines, enables Olivia to provide a seamless and enjoyable “in-house” experience as outside counsel.

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Specialisms
Qualifications

MPhys Physics (University of Durham)
UK Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Patent Litigator (representative before the UPC)

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