Matthew Critten

Partner

European Patent Attorney
Chartered Patent Attorney

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Matthew has a B.Sc. in Physics from Imperial College, London and a Ph.D. in Optoelectronics from the University of St. Andrews. He is a Chartered Physicist and a member of various professional bodies including the IEEE and the Optical Society of America. He has an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Litigation from Nottingham Law School. He joined Abel & Imray in 1996 and handles both patent and trade mark work. 

He has special expertise in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of optics (especially lasers, optical fibres and photonic crystals), telecoms, geophysics, pollution monitoring and mechanical engineering. He has a special interest in intellectual property litigation and is working towards qualification as an accredited litigator.

He became a partner in 2002 and is based in the firm's Bath office.