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Obituary It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of our former partner, John Warden. John had a colourful early life, having been born in Singapore in 1933 he fled with his mother and brother to India during the war. He later studied chemistry at Oxford and worked in Tanzania. He joined Jenkins in 1964 and was a partner with the firm for some 20 years. John worked for a wide range of British and overseas clients and enjoyed drafting and prosecuting applications for private inventors as well as corporate clients. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

New Joiners:

Alastair Lo we Associate

We welcome Alastair to our Bristol office Electronics practice. Alastair has a Masters Degree in electronic engineering and computing from Sheffield University. Before his studies Alastair worked for a large nuclear power generating company in a simulation programming role. After completion of his MEng, Alastair joined a large private practice where he worked in mainly electronics and computing fields drafting and prosecuting patent applications and providing infringement and validity opinions. His main technical areas of expertise include microprocessor architecture, computer systems architecture and wireless communication systems as well as all aspects of computer software.

Marianne Field Technical Assistant

We welcome Marianne to our Life Sciences practice. Marianne has a Masters degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Southampton. She studied inorganic chemistry in particular and enjoyed a six month research placement at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chemie in Montpellier, France. Marianne joins us from the in-house patent department of Johnson Matthey. She has worked in a wide range of technologies including catalysis, precious metals, pharmaceuticals and materials, and is involved in all aspects of patent prosecution work.

Retirement

Ken Brown announced his retirement from the partnership with effect from January 2009. He has completed 29 years with Jenkins, over which time he has developed extensive relationships with firms of Japanese Patent Attorneys and with direct patent departments of Japanese manufacturing companies, primarily in the electrical, electronics and optics fields. Ken has also built a name for himself as a tenacious advocate before the UK and European patent offices, especially in the difficult field of computer-related inventions.

As Chairman of the firm’s Finance Committee, Ken has led the firm through sustained steady growth from just over forty staff to nearly one hundred, with a doubling in the size of the partnership.

Ken will continue with the firm as a consultant on a part-time basis.