Our Team
We are a firm of European and UK Chartered Patent Attorneys, and European Trade Mark & Design Attorneys (also known as Patent and Trade Mark Agents or I.P. Lawyers).
All our attorneys are members of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, and we are regulated in the UK by IPREG.
Lewis Hands - Managing Director
Lewis is both a UK Registered Patent Attorney and a UK Registered Trademark Attorney. He is also both a Chartered Patent Attorney (CIPA) and a Chartered Trademark Attorney (CITMA). Furthermore, he is a European Patent Attorney (EPI).
Lewis graduated from Imperial College, London with an engineering honours degree. He then spent more than 10 years working as an engineer, project manager and senior manager in the engineering industry.
Lewis worked in private practice IP firms, "in house" for Nokia, and for a very large multi-national manufacturer practice, before setting up Handsome I.P. Ltd in 2008. His experience lies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering and software related inventions and innovations. For example, he has worked with medical devices, renewable energy, automotive components, lighting equipment, refrigeration systems, optical communications, oil and gas, general consumer products, baby-related products and mobile phone technology.
He has experience of all forms of intellectual property especially patents, designs, trade marks, copyright, licensing, development agreements and confidentiality agreements. Lewis is a member of CIPA's Trade Marks Committee. In his spare time, Lewis enjoys DIY, skiing, attending gigs and concerts, and being an active member of his local CAMRA branch.
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Richard Smith - Director
Richard is a qualified European and United Kingdom Chartered Patent Attorney with a degree in Physics and 20 years experience working in the patents field. Richard gained his degree at Oxford University, where he specialised in renewable energy generation.
Richard has worked in a diverse range of technical fields including Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunications, Computing & Software, Data Processing, Medical Devices and Procedures, Textiles, and Pharmaceuticals.
Richard deals with patents, designs & trade marks in the UK, Europe and (via our trusted foreign associates) in other parts of the world such as the USA, Canada, Australia, India, Korea and Japan.
Richard has received the Intellectual Property Litigation Certificate, thereby qualifying him as an "IP Litigator - Patent" to conduct litigation in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and to conduct appeals in the High Court from decisions of the UK IPO.
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Katrina Peebles - Patent Attorney
Katrina is an experienced UK and European patent attorney with a BSc in Biochemistry with Biotechnology and Microbiology, and an MSc in the Management of Intellectual Property Law. Katrina assists us with our biotechnology, chemistry and pharmaceutical work.
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Michael Sleeman - Trainee Patent Attorney
Michael studied at Durham, graduating in 2019 with a MPhys in Theoretical Physics.
Michael's final year project explored possible ways of modelling the dynamics of cyclists in a peloton, particularly in scenarios involving crosswinds, which have the potential to cause a split in the peloton. This project drew on research in a variety of different fields, including the mechanics of riding a bike; human physiology and power output capabilities; crowd/flock dynamics; and cycling aerodynamics, as well as a basic understanding of race craft and tactics employed by racing cyclists.
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Alexandria Lovell - Trainee Trademark Attorney
Alexandria is a CITMA-qualified Trademark paralegal and is currently training to become a CITMA-qualified trademark attorney. Before joining Handsome I.P., Alexandria graduated from Brown University, USA, in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, with honours, and Italian Studies. She then attended the University of Bristol and received a Master of Arts with Distinction in English in 2022.
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Zhen Jieh Lim - Trainee Patent Attorney
Zhen Jieh studied Physics at the University of Bath, graduating with a Masters in 2018, and completing a PhD in device physics in 2023. His research focused on developing novel field effect transistors for next-generation beyond Moore’s Law electronics and studying exotic electronic states of matter at low temperatures.
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Kara Dancey - Office Manager
Kara completed the Foundation Certificate in Accounting passing with distinction. As well managing the offices, Kara handles all our IP renewals and financial matters for us.
Kara has over 20 years' experience within customer service within various different industries and has particular experience of managing office systems and creating and implementing new administration systems.
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Ellen Miller - Administrative Assistant
Ellen graduated from Kingston University and has since gained administrative experience in her previous role as a client manager, ensuring clients were always kept happy. Ellen currently handles our patent matters, but has experience handling trademarks and also assists with other paralegal and administrative duties.
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