Oscar Birch

Trainee Patent Attorney

MEng

Oscar’s engineering background is complemented by experience as a trader in the gambling industry and as a systems engineer in the defence sector. His varied background enables him to understand and address a wide range of challenges clients may have with their intellectual property.

Oscar works with a broad range of clients on physics and engineering-based inventions and has a particular interest in the aerospace, defence, and automotive sectors.

As a trainee, Oscar is working towards his UK foundational patent examinations.

Oscar holds a First Class Master’s degree in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Leeds. His final project focused on creating a multi-disciplinary design optimisation tool for assessing the stability of a next-generation commercial aircraft. The project aimed to address the limited communication between disciplines in the early design phase at large aerospace companies.

Specific Areas of Expertise:

• Aerospace
• Defence systems
• Defence
• Fluid dynamics
• Manufacturing methods
• Materials science
• Product Life Cycle
• Thermodynamics