Emily Dekker

Background

Emily is currently a Trainee Patent Attorney in the Tech, Software, and Engineering (TSE) department in Dehns’ Oxford office. She joined Dehns in 2022 after graduating from the University of Warwick with a First Class Master of Physics degree, with a particular focus on condensed matter physics, optics, and quantum computing.

Prior to joining Dehns, Emily worked in the Photonic Nanomaterials Group at the University of Oxford, researching cavity-coupled nitrogen vacancy (NV^–) qubits in diamond for quantum computing. Her research involved practical implementations of gate operations on an NV^– based qubit system; fabrication of optical microcavities for use in an NV^– quantum computer; and quantum simulation.

As a part of her Master’s project, Emily investigated magnetic skyrmions in 2D materials supervised by Professor Geetha Balakrishnan, and is a published co-author on a paper relating to this research (DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00684).

Types of client and work

Emily works with a variety of clients, with a particular focus on universities and research institutions, in addition to multinational corporations. Emily has experience drafting patent applications, patentability, freedom to operate and infringement analysis, and handling prosecution of patent applications worldwide.

Expertise

Emily has experience drafting and prosecuting applications related to a wide variety of technologies, including quantum computing hardware (e.g. superconducting qubits) and algorithms, optical systems and sensors, and system-on-a-chip electronics.

Qualification and Memberships

• Student Member of CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys)
• Postgraduate Certificate (Intellectual Property Law), Bournemouth University (2023)

Other

As well as client work Emily is a regular contributor to the CIPA Journal, reporting and commenting on recent UPC decisions and case law. A selection of her work can be found below.

Higher Education

MPhys (Hons), University of Warwick, Physics, 2021