Tina is a Patent Consultant who helps innovators secure and manage intellectual property rights in emerging fields such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced materials. She handles all aspects of the patent lifecycle, with a current focus on patent drafting and prosecution.

Before joining COPA, she worked as a lawyer and patent agent in Canada in patent drafting and prosecution, intellectual property strategy, and commercial drafting. Building on this experience, she is training to qualify as a European Patent Attorney.

Tina combines her technical expertise with legal insight to align IP strategies with business objectives. She further contributes to law and technology policy discourse through writing and speaking engagements.

BACKGROUND

• MASc in Electrical Engineering (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo

• JD with specialization in Law and Technology, University of Ottawa

• Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Ontario (currently non-practicing)

• Canadian Patent Agent (currently non-practicing)

KNOWLEDGE AREAS

• Quantum technology

• Semiconductors and microfabrication

• Metrology and nanotechnology

• Advanced materials

• Optics and photonics

• Software and artificial intelligence