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Cambridge Green Growth: Thought leadership in sustainable innovation

Cambridge has always been where bold ideas become world-changing realities. Our Cambridge Green Growth initiative explores how the city is channelling that spirit into the technologies, businesses and breakthroughs that will define progress in sustainability. 

Through in-depth features and expert insights, we are highlighting the green sectors emerging from Cambridge today from innovations in clean energy to sustainable transport and circular economy solutions. These aren't just local success stories; they're blueprints for how we reach Net Zero and build a more resilient future.

Cambridge Green Growth connects you with the founders and innovators at the cutting edge, showcasing the work that is positioning Cambridge as a global leader in the transition to sustainability. "Our ongoing thought‑leadership series highlights the exceptional organisations driving green innovation both within the city and East of England. Their work is helping to define what a sustainable future can look like.” — Matt Pinney (Office Managing Partner, Cambridge)

Meet the authors

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Kirsteen Gordon

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Kirsteen drafts, files and prosecutes patent applications worldwide and has experience of opposition and appeal work at the European Patent Office.
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Matthew Pinney

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Matthew specialises in the fields of electronics, mobile telecommunications, software and mechanical devices.
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Mash-Hud Iqbal

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Mash-Hud is a qualified patent attorney who is experienced in drafting and prosecution work in semiconductor technologies, opto-electronics, mobile telecommunications, software, medical devices and oil well technology.
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Andrea Williams

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Andrea is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney who works for both local and overseas clients to draft and prosecute biotechnology patent applications worldwide.
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Gareth Williams

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Gareth is a partner in the Cambridge office of Marks & Clerk, and has over twenty years of experience in IP. His technical background is in human molecular biology and genetics, having obtained a doctorate which was funded as part of the Human Genome Project.

Simon Portman

Of Counsel Solicitor (UK)
Simon specialises as a commercial contract lawyer for technology companies. He advises on a wide range of contracts, including licenses, R&D collaborations, manufacturing agreements and procurement documentation.
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Emma Foster

Principal Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Emma is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney and she handles the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications worldwide in a range of chemical fields.
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Daniel Gunn

Associate Registered UK Patent Attorney
Daniel joined Marks & Clerk in 2018 as a trainee, having previously worked as a software developer. He has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications for inventions in a variety of fields including electrical systems, semiconductor devices and medical diagnostic devices
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Ed Carter

Associate Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney
Ed is a UK and European patent attorney with experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in fields including electronics, software, AI, telecommunications, cryptography, cybersecurity, power electronics, and quantum technology, as well as advising on infringement and validity issues.
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George Christian

Associate Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney
George is a qualified UK and European patent attorney with experience of drafting and prosecuting patent applications relating to technologies including semiconductor devices, sensors, opto-electronics, software, medical devices, telecommunications, and mechanical devices.
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Georgia Rundle

Trainee Patent Attorney
Georgia is a dedicated Trainee Patent Attorney in Marks & Clerk’s Life Sciences team, based in Cambridge. She holds an Integrated Master’s degree in Biosciences from Durham University, where she specialized in biomedical studies and graduated in 2021.
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Mark Schuster

Associate
Mark joined the Cambridge office of Marks and Clerk in 2021 as a trainee patent attorney. Before joining Marks & Clerk, Mark studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and graduated with a first class BA and MSci in Natural Sciences.
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Rhyan Probert

Principal Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Rhyan specialises in the fields of general electronics, control systems, green technology, mechanical devices and power electronics, in particular in the field of electrical propulsion.
Tom Grendon

Tom Grendon

Associate
Since entering the patent profession in 2021, Tom achieved a postgraduate certificate in Intellectual Property law, alongside a technical focus on patent applications in the fields of, in particular, telecommunications, image processing and medical devices.

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