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Darren Lewis Associate Chartered Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney European Design Attorney Office Location: Southampton

Specialist Fields

Experienced in a wide range of physics, electronics, software and mechanical subject matter, including

• High-energy imaging
• Electromagnetic surveying methods and apparatus
• Optical devices and telecommunications
• Computer architecture and peripheral devices
• Sensor technology

Technical Background

BSc in Physics with Astrophysics, University of Birmingham 1991.

PhD in Experimental Physics, University of Birmingham 1996.

Professional Experience

Ten years experience in academic research including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Technical expertise in design, construction and deployment of astronomical instruments, time series and image analysis techniques, spacecraft operations at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center facility.

Joined D Young & Co 2001.

Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (with Credit) Queen Mary College, University of London 2003.

Chartered Patent Attorney 2005.

European Patent Attorney 2006.

Experience in drafting patent applications, prosecuting patent applications before the United Kingdom, European and United States patent offices, providing infringement and validity opinions, opposition work, patent portfolio management.

Selected Technical Publications

• Lewis, D. J. & Simnett G. M., “Bulk flow velocities in the solar corona at solar maximum”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 333, Issue 4, pp. 969-976 (2002).
• Lewis D. J. & Simnett G. M., “LASCO observations of the coronal rotation and morphology of tracers seen at solar maximum and comparison with solar minimum”, Solar Physics, v. 200, Issue 1/2, p. 75-89 (2001).
• Lewis, D. J. & Simnett G. M., “Bulk flow velocities in the solar corona”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 317, Issue 4, pp. 1005-1013 (2000).
• Lewis D. J. & Simnett G. M., “The occurrences of coronal mass ejection at solar minimum and their association with surface activity”, Solar Physics, v. 191, Issue 1, p. 185-200 (2000).
• Lewis, D. J. et al, “LASCO observations of the coronal rotation”, Solar Physics, v. 184, Issue 2, p. 297-315 (1999)

Societies and Council membership

Fellow of CIPA

Member of the Institute of Physics