Nikesh Patel is a patent attorney and a partner in AA Thornton’s electrical engineering, electronics, telecoms & IT patents department. He handles worldwide invention protection and has particular experience in advising on the threshold of patentability for computer-implemented inventions, and EPO and UK drafting and prosecution. He handles patent applications in a wide variety of technologies, including electromechanical devices, computer systems and software, sensor systems for automotive applications, modelling and simulation in complex environments, telecommunication networks, and graphical user interfaces. Patel has a keen interest in the automotive industry, and leads the firm’s automotive industry group.