Robert Mitchell

Rob works in the Engineering and Tech team and specialises in drafting and prosecuting patents for software-based innovations, including data storage, retrieval and processing, VR and user interfaces, financial technology, and applications of AI and ML, especially in healthcare. Security, cryptography, and authentication are a particular focus of Rob’s work, and he enjoys the unique technical and legal challenges posed by inventions in this field involving complex mathematics, branching logic, and multi-party interactions – and the creative approaches often required to protect them.

Since joining Carpmaels & Ransford in 2019, Rob has had experience of proceedings before the EPO’s Examining and Opposition Divisions, at its Board of Appeal, and in patent litigation at the UK High Court. Rob is also an active member of the firm’s Copyright Centre of Excellence, keeping a close eye on developments in copyright law, and how these can help clients to protect computer code and other digital assets.

Rob graduated from Worcester College, University of Oxford, with a first class Master’s degree in Computer Science, an academic scholarship, and the G-Research Prize for Most Innovative Project, having submitted dissertations on computational linguistics and fair exchange protocol modelling. He has also worked briefly in industry, implementing machine learning solutions for equities-linked technology and FX derivatives technology desks in the financial services sector.

In his spare time Rob loves skiing, likes cooking, and tolerates washing up.