Alistair Hamilton - Professional Background

European Patent Attorney
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
EUIPO Professional Representative

Born	Glasgow, Scotland, 1964
Education	BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (1989) University of Bath
Professional Qualifications	Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys 1993 European Patent Attorney 1993 Professional Representative Before the EUIPO (European Trade Mark and Design Attorney) 1996
Special Technical Experience	Information Technology	Language Compilers Virtual Machines Mark-up language rendering engines Speech synthesis and speech recognition Semiconductor fabrication Robot programming software Electronic financial trading systems e-Commerce systems Petrographic analysis software
	Electronic and electrical engineering	Antenna technology including satellite receiving antennas and vehicle screen antennas Radar Powerline telecommunication systems Heating and cooker controls ATM protection systems Digital television Instrumentation Medical lasers
	Mechanical and other technologies	PPE for arborists, climbers and people working at height Continuously-variable transmissions Power takeoff systems and gearboxes Packaging technology Toys and games Joint prostheses Cooking equipment Commercial vehicle bodies Measurement and nanometre-scale metrology
My Practice Today	Having trained and worked with two long-established UK patent firms, I started my own practice at the start of 1999. While working for my own clients, I act as a consultant to several prominent firms of patent attorneys in the UK and in Ireland. My aim is to offer intellectual property services of the highest quality, at highly competitive pricing made possible by my very low overheads.
My Computing Experience	Before starting university, I worked in computing. I developed control software for banking machinery in Z80 assembly language, and developed database and accounting applications in Pascal. I undertook several commercial programming contracts for the University of Bath, including Unix/C systems programming and Windows programming for computer aided engineering. I also administered a Unix network for the University. My degree project included developing a graphical interface for an engineering simulation package in C for the X window system. More recently, I have programmed using Borland Delphi and in C, C++ and Python/Qt5 for cross-platform development.
Other Interests and Activities	I am an artistic photographer and exhibit regularly. I also take part in Spring Fling Open Studios. I am an amateur horologist, and an associate of the British Horological Institute specialising in 18th and 19th century domestic clocks.