Dermot Roche

Patent Director

Dermot has more than 20 years experience in the patent profession working in computer-implemented inventions and medtech.

Dermot has worked in private practice in Ireland and in the UK. He has also worked as an in-house patent counsel for Accenture in Ireland and for Dolby Laboratories in Netherlands. Dermot joined Secerna in May 2021 to head up the new Europe office based in Dublin.

LinkedIn: Dermot Roche

Contact

Email: droche@secerna.com

About Dermot Roche

Qualifications

Bachelor in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor in Arts (Mathematics) Trinity College Dublin
Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law University of Manchester
European Patent Attorney
Irish Patent Agent
European Trade Mark Attorney
Irish Trade Mark Agent

Specialist Sectors

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Telecommunications
Semiconductors
Data Encoding/Decoding
Medical Devices
Biomaterials

Areas of special expertise

Invention harvesting and advising on patent filing strategies for SMEs
Drafting patent specifications in complex technical areas of computer-implemented inventions and medtech
Prosecution, oral proceedings, oppositions and appeals at the EPO
Providing infringement and validity opinion support
Counselling in-house legal departments of large multi-national corporations