Daniel Speed

Daniel’s legal experience primarily covers patent drafting and prosecution of complex technologies such as quantum computing, adapted for various legal jurisdictions such as the UK, US and Europe. His expertise also includes navigating patent exclusion provisions such as mathematical methods, abstract ideas and computer programs in these areas. His scientific background allows him to quickly understand technologies and how protection can be conferred and indeed broadened for enhanced legal protection.

Some recent technological areas include: signal processing, noise reduction and phase estimation techniques in quantum algorithms, optimisation and benchmarking techniques for circuit performance, quantum material simulation, quantum state generation protocols, photonic integrated circuit architectures, amongst others. He is always interested in discussing inventions in these and neighbouring technologies.

Daniel graduated in 2016 with a first class integrated Masters degree from Cardiff University (MMath), where his Masters project investigated the equivalence of quantisation procedures in the transition between the quantum and classical regimes.

Daniel’s academic interests lie in the application of mathematical techniques to current technologies. As such, he has experience in a range of other subjects including: vibrational physics, fluid dynamics, dynamical systems and chaos theory, financial mathematics, machine learning and cryptography.

In 2021, Daniel graduated with a PhD in mathematical physics from The University of Bristol, where his research utilised techniques and ideas from abstract geometry to better describe generalised dynamics of interacting quantum systems, with applications to quantum information theory and quantum computing. Daniel subsequently held a postdoctoral research associate position and a variety of teaching positions within The University of Bristol. His teaching experience spanned a wide range of mathematical topics, as well as later specialising in scientific computing across the fields of physics, biology and chemistry.

Daniel is a student member of both the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI).