Sean Telford
Technical Assistant
Trainee Patent Attorney
MA MSci S.M. DPhil
Trainee Patent Attorney
MA MSci S.M. DPhil
Sean is a Technical Assistant in the IT & Engineering team. He joined Mathys & Squire in 2025. His practice focuses on metallurgy, including titanium alloys, magnetic materials, shape memory and superelastic alloys, and aluminium castings. He has also worked on patent prosecution in Europe, particularly in medical and energy technologies.
Expertise
Sean has a broad background in materials science, specialising in metallurgy. He has worked on titanium alloys, magnetic materials, shape memory and superelastic alloys, and aluminium castings. Sean has experience in prosecuting patent applications in Europe, including work with medical and energy technologies.
Academic
Sean graduated with a first class MSci degree in Natural Sciences (Materials Science) from the University of Cambridge before earning a Master of Science (S.M.) degree from Harvard University in Engineering Sciences. He then went on to earn his doctorate (DPhil) in Materials at the University of Oxford, in a joint theoretical-experimental study on the oxidation of molten aluminium alloys.
Memberships & organisations
Member of the Institute for Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) – MIMMM, student member of CIPA
