Alex Rogers - Attorney

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 and has been a qualified Patent Attorney since 2005. He is based in the Bristol office and specialises in medicinal and industrial chemistry. He has particular experience working with small & medium sized enterprises and universities. He is experienced in working in a range of fields including novel antibiotics, small molecule drugs for various diseases, liposome drug delivery systems, erythropoietin mimics, plant-derived pharmaceuticals, hydrogel skin adhesives, forensic techniques, food chemistry, nanocarbon materials, semiconductor processing, plasma techniques, novel clothing materials and methods of waste disposal.

Alex is a founding member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Law Group and is currently its publicity officer. As part of the Law Group, he has given a talk to the RSC on the patenting process in the UK and Europe.