Conor Boyce

Conor is a Patent Attorney with more than 30 years’ experience.
 

His university education was in the field of electronic engineering and in a career primarily in private practice his work focused on the preparation and prosecution of electronics and software related cases both for local and larger multinational clients.

Conor also worked as an in-house senior patent attorney with IBM in the UK for a number of years where, as well as directly supporting product groups, he was involved in IP related contract support and licensing matters. Conor is also the inventor for IBM Patent No. US6459986.

Conor is a member of the Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (APTMA); and a council member of the European Patent Institute (EPI).
 

On behalf of EPI, he has contributed to a number of updates to the EPO Guidelines for Examination as well as being a member of the ICT Thematic Group responsible for liaising with Directors of the EPO ICT Cluster and contributing to EPI Amicus Curiae briefs for EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decisions in the ICT Space and finally contributed to the EPO quality assurance program (SQAP).