Harry Bedford

Harry Bedford

Founding Member of Technical Staff

Harry studied Physics at the University of Bristol and then Robotics at King's College London. He is a UK & European patent attorney with extensive experience in every part of the patent application process, having worked at both IP and full service law firms. More recently, Harry set up the London practice of a US law firm as their first European hire.

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