Mark Shelley graduated from University College Swansea
in 1988 with an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering
and from there joined his undergraduate sponsor in the
aerospace industry, specialising in the design, structural
analysis and design verification testing of high integrity,
high temperature, failure critical gas turbine engine
components.

Seeking a new challenge Mark transferred to his
employer’s Intellectual Property Department in 1992 to
train as a patent attorney. Mark obtained a post graduate
certificate in Intellectual Property Law from the University
of London in 1993 and qualified as a patent attorney in 1997.

Mark has worked in-house for two leading UK based
technology companies, Rolls-Royce Plc and British
Telecommunications Plc, as well as the UK Government’s
only in-house Patent Department, MOD/DERA (as it then
was). Mark joined BRYERS in 2000 and became a Partner
in 2001.

Mark specialises in mechanical and electrical engineering
technologies, with a particular emphasis on gas turbine
engine technology, automotive technology,
telecommunications, software and electronics. His clients include Blue Chip technology companies, as well as lesser
known SMEs and individual inventors.

Mark has recently worked as an Examiner for the Joint
Examination Board, the official body charged with the
Examination of Students of the Chartered Institute of
Patent Agents for entry on the Register of Patent Agents
in the United Kingdom.

Mark has considerable experience before both the UK
Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent
Office (EPO) and has represented clients in proceedings
before the Examining and Opposition Division and Appeal
Boards of the EPO, where he has also represented clients
at Hearings.

mshelley@bryerlaw.com