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The collective expertise of our global team distinguishes OBWB in the field of Intellectual Property Law. We align our best resources to meet each client's specific needs and we treat each matter with the highest degree of attention and care.

Michelle Hickey, Ph.D.

Michelle  Hickey , Ph.D.

  • Patent Engineer
  • English
  • Irish
  • French
  • Spanish
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Dr. Hickey is a European and UK Patent Attorney with over six years of IP experience. Michelle started her career in intellectual property law as a trainee patent attorney in 2016. She has skillfully drafted and prosecuted patent applications across a wide range of areas, including telecommunications, mechanics, automated vehicles, fire detection systems, computer-implemented inventions, AI, medical devices, memory and storage, and semiconductor technology.
Working with inventors from SMEs to large companies, Michelle assists with determining strategies for patent protection, including what inventions to pursue and in which jurisdictions. She has conducted freedom-to-operate analyses for several SME clients and has experience with oral proceedings before the EPO.
 
Prior to joining OBWB, Michelle worked for Marks & Clerk in London. She currently resides in France where she works with the firm's Paris team. 
Select Publications
  • M. Hickey, J.P. Phillips, and P.A. Kyriacou. The effect of vascular changes on the photoplethysmographic signal at different hand elevations. Physiol Meas, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 425-40, 2015.
  • J.P. Phillips, M. Hickey, and P.A. Kyriacou. Evaluation of electrical and optical plethysmography sensors for noninvasive monitoring of hemoglobin concentration. Sensors (Basel), vol. 12, no.2, pp. 1816-26, 2012.
  • M. Hickey, N. Samuels, N. Randive, R. M. Langford, and P. A. Kyriacou. A new fibre optic pulse oximeter probe for monitoring splanchnic organ arterial blood oxygen saturation. Comput Methods Programs Biomed, vol. 108, no.3, pp.883-8, 2012.
Awards & Grants
  • Co-Investigator: "Personal Lithium Blood Level Analyser for patients with Bipolar Mood Disorder" - funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), 2013 (£800k).
  • Co-Investigator:"Development of a multi-parameter oesophageal sensor for the early detection of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)" – NIHR, 2013 (£700k).
  • City University Research Competition Winner 2013 (£50k).
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, City University London, UK, 2009
  • B.Eng, Electronic Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland, First Class Honours, 2003