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Dr Simon Kahn

Partner

London

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Memberships
  • CIPA, Patents Committee
Qualifications
  • Registered UPC Representative
  • European Patent Attorney
  • Chartered Patent Attorney
  • Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London
  • PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
  • MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London

My technical background and extensive experience in electronics, computer and networking technology, physics and optics has given me significant expertise in AI and machine learning patents.

My background is in digital communications, an industry that heavily relies on encoding for error correction and security and I hold a PhD in mobile telecommunications. There is a technical overlap between coding algorithms and neural networks, both of which rely on mathematical graph theory.

The industries with which I work have adopted machine learning to process large quantities of data, such as in electrical, electronic and/or software systems. AI is being used by my clients to drive technological improvements and it has been exciting to provide strategic advice on building patent portfolios in this area and offering expertise in IP as it relates to AI. I also have a particular interest in the cutting edge hardware and software used in AI, especially new processing architectures that can deliver increased speed and reduced power consumption.

My work with AI clients centres on drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK and the European Patent Office, assisting in obtaining patents in other countries and advising on other strategic issues, including relevance of training data and detection infringement, particularly for pre-trained models. I have significant experience across hardware/processor-architectural developments, stochastic-based algorithms and applications to telecommunications and image processing systems.

The ever-evolving nature of AI is fascinating to me and I see it growing into new areas, such as health data, network performance, control systems. I am enthusiastic to see new hardware optimisations for more efficient AI implementations over the coming years.

Recent experience
Testimonials and recognitions
  • Recommended individual, IAM 1000, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021
  • Listed as a World Leading Patent Professional, IAM Patent 1000, 2022
  • Named as a key attorney, Legal 500, 2021
Publications
Relevant Search Terms
Recommended Sites
Suggested Media
Recognitions
  • IAM Patent 1000 2021 and 2022, recommended individual
  • Legal 500, Key lawyer
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“AI is being used by my clients to drive technological improvements and it has been exciting to provide strategic advice on building patent portfolios in this area and offering expertise in IP as it relates to AI.”
Sector Experience
Aerospace
  • Commercial aviation
  • Defence and security
  • Space and satellites
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Automotive
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Electric vehicles
Communications and Networks
  • Cloud computing
  • Internet of things (IOT)
  • Oceanography, marine
  • Wired and wireless networks
Computing and Software
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Bioinformatics
  • Blockchain and distributed ledgers
  • Communications and networks
  • Computer games
  • Data and software security, cryptography and digital rights management (DRM)
  • Data management and storage, databases and data compression
  • Digital assistants, virtual assistants and software agents
  • Fintech and adtech
  • Machine vision
  • Metaverse, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)
  • Multimedia, audio/video processing and animation
  • Natural language processing
  • Robotic process automation
  • Search engines
  • Signal processing
  • Software applications and systems, mobile applications, user interfaces
Electronics and Electrical Devices
  • Computer and IT architecture and system design
  • Medical devices
  • Optics
  • Robotics
  • Scientific instruments
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Testing systems, control systems, signal processing
  • Wearable tech and human interfaces
Industrial Manufacturing and Processing
  • Printing tech
  • Additive manufacturing

My technical background and extensive experience in electronics, computer and networking technology, physics and optics has given me significant expertise in AI and machine learning patents.

My background is in digital communications, an industry that heavily relies on encoding for error correction and security and I hold a PhD in mobile telecommunications. There is a technical overlap between coding algorithms and neural networks, both of which rely on mathematical graph theory.

The industries with which I work have adopted machine learning to process large quantities of data, such as in electrical, electronic and/or software systems. AI is being used by my clients to drive technological improvements and it has been exciting to provide strategic advice on building patent portfolios in this area and offering expertise in IP as it relates to AI. I also have a particular interest in the cutting edge hardware and software used in AI, especially new processing architectures that can deliver increased speed and reduced power consumption.

My work with AI clients centres on drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK and the European Patent Office, assisting in obtaining patents in other countries and advising on other strategic issues, including relevance of training data and detection infringement, particularly for pre-trained models. I have significant experience across hardware/processor-architectural developments, stochastic-based algorithms and applications to telecommunications and image processing systems.

The ever-evolving nature of AI is fascinating to me and I see it growing into new areas, such as health data, network performance, control systems. I am enthusiastic to see new hardware optimisations for more efficient AI implementations over the coming years.

Recent experience
Testimonials and recognitions
  • Recommended individual, IAM 1000, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021
  • Listed as a World Leading Patent Professional, IAM Patent 1000, 2022
  • Named as a key attorney, Legal 500, 2021
Publications
Relevant Search Terms
Recommended Sites
Suggested Media
Recognitions
  • IAM Patent 1000 2021 and 2022, recommended individual
  • Legal 500, Key lawyer
Additional Info

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