Darran Thacker

Born and brought up in Nottingham, Darran graduated from Durham University with a BSc in Applied Physics. Darran worked as a Technical Officer for a large Government research organisation before joining Serjeants in 1998 and eventually qualifying as a European and Chartered patent attorney. Darran became a partner at Serjeants in April 2004.

While Serjeants deals with a wide range of innovative technologies, Darran mainly works with local clients and foreign attorneys who are looking to protect general mechanical inventions. Darran also has extensive experience in handling oppositions before the European Patent Office (EPO) and has acted for both opponents and patent owners. Darran is responsible for developing the firm’s strong links with attorneys in China and can provide robust advice on how best to protect and exploit your IP rights in a country that is an important commercial market for our clients.

Away from work, Darran has travelled widely within the United States and is particularly interested in its history and hiking its National Parks. Darran enjoys watching most sports, especially rugby union, and has have been a season ticket holder at the Leicester Tigers for many years.