Anthony Kavanagh is currently Senior Patent Counsel at Key Patent Innovations Ltd in Dublin, Ireland. He helps researchers to monetise innovation including applying for patents and brokering licensing deals.

Sarah and Anthony talk about

1. Why patents are important for anyone developing new technologies – including researcher
2. His transition from medical physics to patent law
3. Getting through the famously hard patent attorney exams
4. Why he got slightly obsessed with medical staplers

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