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Patents Expertise
Cruickshank offers a helpful, no-frills patent service to private individuals wishing to patent their inventions. In this context, the role of the patent is to afford protection while you work on commercialising your idea.
Donal is Cruickshank’s Senior Partner and plays a central role in the company, bringing to his work thirty years’ experience and a wealth of expertise. Donal joined the IP profession from industry, where he was employed as an engineer in what is now one of the largest manufacturing Irish multinationals, CRH. more>>
Gearoid studied Marine Engineering at the Cork Regional College and spent several years working at sea before joining Cruickshank’s in 1985. He is an Irish Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney and a Community Design Attorney. He has a wide range of experience of various patent issues. more>>
Sarah joined the Cruickshank team in 2003, coming from a background as a hardware design engineer. She holds a BE (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin and a Masters in Telecommunications Engineering from Dublin City University. more>>
Anna’s career path has been very varied and interesting, giving her a wide range of experiences to draw on. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with an honours degree in Natural Sciences, specialising in Genetics. This gave her a broad expertise in the field of Natural Science. more>>
Mechanical/Process/Medical Devices
Donal O’Connor - Patent Attorney
Donal is Cruickshank’s Senior Partner and plays a central role in the company, bringing to his work thirty years’ experience and a wealth of expertise. Donal joined the IP profession from industry, where he was employed as an engineer in what is now one of the largest manufacturing Irish multinationals, CRH. more>>
Gearoid Schutte - Patent Attorney
Gearoid studied Marine Engineering at the Cork Regional College and spent several years working at sea before joining Cruickshank’s in 1985. He is an Irish Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney and a Community Design Attorney. He has a wide range of experience of various patent issues. more>>Electronic/Software/ICT
Sarah McCrann - Patent Attorney
Sarah joined the Cruickshank team in 2003, coming from a background as a hardware design engineer. She holds a BE (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin and a Masters in Telecommunications Engineering from Dublin City University. more>>Rory Litton - Patent Attorney
Rory joined Cruickshank’s in 2007 having spent the previous 7 years of his career working at the European Patent Office. There, he was initially employed as a Search Examiner where he spent three years searching patent specifications under the EPC and PCT, and was involved in the classification and filing of documents at the EPO. more>>
Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Technology
Anna Hally - Patent Attorney
Anna’s career path has been very varied and interesting, giving her a wide range of experiences to draw on. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with an honours degree in Natural Sciences, specialising in Genetics. This gave her a broad expertise in the field of Natural Science. more>>