Theodore Riches

Trainee Patent Attorney

Theo is a Trainee Patent Attorney in the IT & Engineering department, working towards qualification.

In his free time, Theo enjoys cooking, travelling and going to music gigs. He is also into craft beer, sometimes brewing his own.

Theo has experience working in the following areas:

  • Materials science
  • LIDAR technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Nuclear fusion
  • Nuclear fission

Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

Theo graduated with a first-class Masters Degree in General Engineering, specialising in Energy and Sustainability, from The University of Sheffield

He wrote his final year dissertation on modelling neutron radiation damage in tungsten in a nuclear fusion environment, after a year-in-industry in the fusion sector.

Theo joined GJE in September 2025 as a trainee. Prior to GJE, Theo worked for a year as a mechanical engineer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority.