Alex Rogers - Associate

UK and European Patent Attorney
MChem Chemistry
Oxford University

"As a passionate film fan, my favourite invention is the movie projector. Different versions of the projector were developed simultaneously at the end of the 1800s by Edison, the Lumiere brothers and others. The early devices, and their modern equivalents, rely on fooling the eye by rapidly changing an image to create an illusion of movement. As with all great inventions, the underlying concept was simple, but its potential was enormous, and led to cinema as we know it today. "

Alex joined Haseltine Lake in June 2007, having worked previously at a large London firm of patent attorneys. He qualified as a patent attorney in 2005.

Alex is based in our Bristol office and works for a range of clients, including large multi-nationals, SME’s, start-up companies and universities. He handles a wide range of chemical subject matter, from materials and chemical physics applications through to pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Examples of fields in which he has experience include nanocarbon materials, semi-conductor processing, photovoltaic devices, plasma techniques, fuel additives, novel antibiotics, small molecule drugs for various diseases, drug delivery systems, erythropoietin mimics, organic synthesis techniques, plant-derived pharmaceuticals, hydrogel skin adhesives, forensic techniques and food chemistry. He also handles medical device applications.

He has a first class honours chemistry degree from Oxford University. On qualifying as a European Patent Attorney, Alex achieved the highest mark in his year for the chemical drafting examination.

Alex is a founding member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Law Group and is actively involved in giving regular IP seminars to the RSC.