Patent specialisms
All our patent attorneys can give general advice, but they each have their own areas of particular expertise. Between them their expertise spans an impressive range of technical disciplines: engineering, physics, biotechnology, chemistry, biochemistry, medical sciences, metallurgy and materials science. This collective knowledge allows us to handle patent cases in an extensive range of technologies.
All our patent attorneys have experience in prosecuting and defending oppositions before the European Patent Office.
Food technology
We have expertise in the protection of food products for human consumption and animal feeds. In particular, we advise on protection in the areas of clinical nutrition, performance nutrition, food preservation and cooking methods.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick Office
Graham Lock, Vikki Townsend, Michele Richards, Mark Sweetinburgh
Materials, metallurgy & chemistry
In addition to our pharmaceutical, chemistry and biotechnology expertise, we have wide experience in the fields of polymer chemistry, sealants, coatings, binders and ceramics in relation to protection of specific compositions, manufacturing processes and materials analysis.
We also have a long history of working in the field of metallurgy, again in the protection of novel compositions, manufacturing processes and materials analysis. Some of our many areas of experience include: casting techniques, powder metallurgy, apparatus and methods for rolling, post production treatments (including heat treatments, coating methods, metal drawing and welding), product testing and analysis and process control and monitoring.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick Office
Vikki Townsend, Claire Evans
Oxford Office
Michael Downing, Steve Unwin
Mechanical engineering & devices
All of our patent attorneys have experience of simple mechanical devices and we handle a huge variety of cases of a generally mechanical nature. These range from building and construction devices and methods, product packaging, motor vehicles for use on land, sea or air, sporting equipment, toys, art related devices, environment control systems (including pumps and chemical species sensors), alarm devices and systems, furniture, domestic and industrial appliances for heating, light, sanitation and refrigeration, power and hand tools to kitchen appliances and musical instruments.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick office
Keith Boden, Vikki Townsend, Louise Windsor
Oxford Office
Michael Downing, Steve Unwin
Medical devices
We handle the protection of a wide range of medical devices including implants such as stents, dental implants and joint replacement prostheses. We also have experience with surgical apparatus, devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions and drug delivery devices, both for external application and implantation.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick Office
Keith Boden, Graham Lock, Vikki Townsend, Mark Sweetinburgh, Louise Windsor
Oxford Office
Michael Downing, Steve Unwin
Pharmaceutical, chemistry & biotechnology
Particular specialist areas handled within our growing pharmaceutical, chemistry and biotechnology team are supplementary protection certificates and the protection of plant varieties, technologies relating to pharmaceutical development, screening of compounds and polypeptides, genetic and protein engineering, cloning, stem cells and related areas of practice.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick Office
Graham Lock, Michele Richards,
Mark Sweetinburgh
Physics, communications, electronics & software
Our Oxford office has a long history in dealing with optoelectronics cases covering active devices as well as passive optical circuits, whether integrated on silicon or on III-V materials. Other related areas of experience include electronic circuits, signal transmission arrangements & protocols, novel silicon structures and circuits, integrated lasers, general-purpose lasers and other optical devices.
We handle significant portfolios in the fields of telecommunications, computer and home entertainment networks, including fibre optics and electric cabling, navigation systems, mobile telephone applications, digital TV applications, computer hardware, data management systems, cryptography, encryption and data security.
We have extensive experience in handling computer-implemented inventions and the protection of related business methods, including computer-controlled devices, use of computer algorithms in process monitoring, data processing algorithms and handling, storing and distribution of various forms of data in a networked system.
Contact our specialists:
Gatwick Office
Keith Boden, Vikki Townsend, Louise Windsor
Oxford Office
Michael Downing, Steve Unwin