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Cathrine McGowan Associate Chartered Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney European Design Attorney Office Location: Southampton

Specialist Fields

• Experienced in a wide range of physics, electronics and mechanical subject matter
• Optical devices and telecommunications
• Medical devices and software
• Oil industry

Technical Background

BSc in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics (First Class Honours), University of St Andrews. MSc in Medical Physics, University of Aberdeen. PhD “Femtosecond optical parametric oscillators for the mid-infrared”, University of St Andrews.

Neil Arnott Prize for Physics, University of St Andrews, 1993.

Certificate in Intellectual Property, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, 1999. Michael Jones Prize for United Kingdom patent attorney examinations, 2000.

Professional Experience

Previous experience in London-based private practice since 1997, including trademark and design work.

Joined D Young & Co in 2001.

Clients include academic institutes and SMEs.

Selected Technical Publications

• C McGowan, DT Reid, ZE Penman, M Ebrahimzadeh, W Sibbett and DH Jundt “Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate”. Journal of the Optical Society of America B (15) 694-701, 1998.
• DT Reid, C McGowan, M Ebrahimzadeh and W Sibbett “Characterisation and modelling of a noncollinearly phasematched femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on KTA and operating to beyond 4 _m”. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (33) 1-9, 1997.
• DT Reid, C McGowan, W Sleat, M Ebrahimzadeh and W Sibbett “Compact, efficient 344 MHZ repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator”. Optics Letters (22) 525-527, 1997.
• C McGowan, B Heaton and RN Stephenson “Occupational X-ray exposure of anaesthetists”. British Journal of Anaesthesia (76) 868-869, 1996.

Societies and Council Membership

Member of the Institute of Physics.