John Knox is Managing Partner and head of the electrical and electronic engineering and computer sciences practice groups in our Vancouver office. His practice focusses on patent and industrial design protection of electrical, electronic and computer-related inventions in Canada, the United States and around the world. Mr. Knox has drafted and prosecuted patent applications for a variety of technologies, including communications, control, data acquisition, electrical power, pure software, and mechanical. Mr. Knox also provides advice on the establishment and maintenance of patent procurement programs and is active in training our junior professionals in the Vancouver office in patent agency.

Prior to joining the firms, Mr. Knox was a patent agent at another leading Vancouver law firm. Previously, he worked as a hardware design engineer and project leader for Dynapro Systems Inc., an affiliate of Allen-Bradley Corp. His main areas of industrial experience include hardware system and communication system design using the Intel 80XXX series microprocessor family, analog design for data acquisition, telephone switchboard installation and the inspection of electrical power utility apparatus.

Mr. Knox has been a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and other local and international venues.