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Anna Molony is Co-Founder of Two IP, where she leads the legal practice as well as finance and operations. Two IP is a firm built around a fee-share consultancy model, enabling experienced patent and trade mark attorneys to build their own practice within a structured, supported environment, and designed to better align client service, commercial outcomes and how attorneys work. Anna is a UK and European Patent Attorney with over 25 years’ experience across private practice, in-house roles and IP-led businesses, including founding and growing two patent firms and establishing an in-house patent function within a venture-backed technology company. Alongside her work in IP, she has held board roles with Bowls England, where she led the work on adopting Tier 3 of Sport England’s Code for Sports Governance, bringing a strong focus on effective governance and organisational structure.

Sarah Rodriguez is qualified as a patent attorney in the United States, the United Kingdom, and in Europe. She works mainly on patent prosecution in electrical fields including circuit design, nanotechnology, semiconductor devices, medical devices, software applications, signal processing, mechanical structures, optical devices, and communications.

Caroline is a senior tax manager in the Innovation team at Cooper Parry, heading up the national Patent Box team. Caroline has over 27 years’ experience as a corporate tax adviser, specialising in R&D and Patent Box tax relief since 2012.

Caroline acts for a wide variety of companies of all sizes and across all sectors. Having seen the significant commercial benefits arising for claimants of Patent Box relief, and the difference this can make to a company’s success, Caroline is committed to increasing awareness of Patent Box tax relief.

Simeon is Communications Lead for the One IPO Transformation Programme. He has worked in public sector communications for 15 years, having previously worked in a variety of comms roles at the Office for National Statistics and UK Statistics Authority. Simeon joined the IPO in 2020 and acts as a key link between IPO developers and customers. In his spare time, Simeon is an avid gamer and a Tae Kwon-do instructor.

Dr Michael Roberts is a Partner in the Cambridge office of Reddie & Grose. He joined the patent profession in 1999 and qualified as a European and Chartered Patent Attorney in 2003.

Michael’s IP practice is focused in the life sciences fields, and includes biotechnology, microbiology, molecular biology, genetic engineering, immunology (including vaccines), enzymology, pharmaceuticals, medical instruments and plant protection (including plant variety rights).

Before entering the patent profession, Michael gained extensive technical knowledge and experience whilst obtaining his PhD in molecular genetics at the University of St Andrews, followed by three years of postdoctoral research at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Michael has acted for clients from around the world, including small and medium-sized companies, multinationals and universities. In addition to patent drafting and prosecution, he assists clients with due diligence and patent reports, notably for private or public fund raising, patent portfolio advice, and issues such as freedom to operate and patent validity.

Anna Molony is Co-Founder of Two IP, where she leads the legal practice as well as finance and operations. Two IP is a firm built around a fee-share consultancy model, enabling experienced patent and trade mark attorneys to build their own practice within a structured, supported environment, and designed to better align client service, commercial outcomes and how attorneys work. Anna is a UK and European Patent Attorney with over 25 years’ experience across private practice, in-house roles and IP-led businesses, including founding and growing two patent firms and establishing an in-house patent function within a venture-backed technology company. Alongside her work in IP, she has held board roles with Bowls England, where she led the work on adopting Tier 3 of Sport England’s Code for Sports Governance, bringing a strong focus on effective governance and organisational structure.