Elizabeth Capel

Elizabeth is a European and UK Patent Attorney.  She has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications before the EPO and UKIPO on a range of subject-matter across physics and electronics industries.

Elizabeth advises a range of organisations, from individual inventors to multinational corporations in the UK, Europe and further afield.  She works as part of our dedicated MedTech group on inventions in the digital health sector and also performs specialist work in relation to re-establishment of rights and patent restoration.

Elizabeth is a member of the GJE Diversity and Inclusion group and is proud to support IP Inclusive and the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion across the IP sector.  She is particularly committed to the Women in IP and IP Ability communities.

Outside of work, Elizabeth enjoys scuba diving around the UK and is qualified as a British Sub-Aqua Club Dive Leader.  When not underwater, she can be found perfecting her sourdough bread.

Elizabeth’s technical focus is in physics and electronics, with particular experience in:

• Telecommunications
• Electronics
• Software and computer-implemented inventions
• Mechanical devices
• E-commerce
• Digital health
• Re-establishment of rights and patent restoration

European Patent Attorney
UK Patent Attorney
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
Member of the European Patent Institute (EPI)

Elizabeth graduated from the University of Manchester with an Honours Degree in Physics.  She joined GJE as a trainee in 2019, having begun her career in 2015 at another London-based firm of patent attorneys.  Elizabeth qualified as a UK Patent Attorney and was promoted to Associate in 2020 and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2021.