Joe McCartney

Associate

Joe is a European and UK Patent Attorney with experience spanning a wide variety of technologies within engineering, computing, and electronics.

Joe works with a diverse range of clients, from individual inventors and SMEs to multinational corporations. His work regularly involves drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK, Europe and further afield. Joe also has experience in contentious matters, such as acting before the EPO in opposition proceedings.

Outside of work, Joe enjoys keeping fit by running, cycling and training at the gym.

Joe has experience spanning a wide range of technical fields, including:

Medical devices
Computer memory and data storage
Wind turbine technologies
Electronic cigarettes
Automotive engineering
Machine learning
Mobile phones and telecommunication
Sports technology

European Patent Attorney
UK Patent Attorney
UPC Representative

Joe studied at the University of Cambridge and obtained a First Class Master’s degree in Natural Sciences, specialising in Materials Science. His final year project involved investigating the compressive mechanical behaviour of bearing steel micropillars, using the results to improve finite element models for bearing failure.

After joining GJE in 2018, Joe qualified as a European and UK Patent Attorney in 2022.