Patent Filing – UK 2022

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Energy and environmental technology

Practice strength

18 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Allegro MicroSystems, Bluescope Steel, Chevron Philips Chemical, ELC Management, Halliburton Energy Services, Indian Oil Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Novartis (all public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Automotive and transport
• Electronics
• Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering

Practice strength

32 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Airbus, Andrew Wireless Systems, CommScope, Nike Innovate, Ocado Innovation, Safran Seats (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Bath, Cardiff

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Barbara Fleck, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

30 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Hewlett-Packard, PPG Industries, Samsung Electronics, Smith & Nephew, various universities regarding biotech patents (all public knowledge).

Locations

Alderley Park, Cambridge, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Automotive and transport
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Nina White, Pharma and biotechnology
• Nick McLeish, Electronics
• Daryl Penny, Medical technology

Practice strength

52 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbott, Accenture Global Solutions, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Astellas, Boeing, Contemporary Amperex Technology, Douwe Egberts, Dow Global Technologies, Jeol, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Thermo Fisher, Vodafone IP (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Cambridge, Reading

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Chemistry
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Harvey Adams, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry
• Stephen Duffield, Pharma and biotechnology
• Hugh Goodfellow, Pharma and biotechnology
• Simon Llewellyn, Pharma and biotechnology
• Cameron Marshall, Pharma and biotechnology
• Edward Oates, Pharma and biotechnology
• Gary Small, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics
• James Warner, Pharma and biotechnology
• Daniel Wise, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

88 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Align Technology, Amgen, AMO, Barclays Bank, Biogen, BMS/Celgene, CSL, Ethicon, Incyte, Gilead, Leo Pharma, Mars, Micron, Regeneron, Raytheon, Stanford University, Sun Chemical as well as various Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries. Patent filing for DePuy, Quantum, Vertex. Frequent EPO oppositions for Eli Lilly, Roche, Takeda.versities regarding biotech patents (all public knowledge).

Locations

London

Other Rankings

• Solicitor firms in litigation

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology

Practice strength

18 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Foundation Medicine. Patent filing for Cambridge Quantum Computing, Imagination Technologies, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Snipr Technologies, Universal Electronics, Xilio Therapeutics.

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Automotive and transport
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• John Tothill, Electronics

Practice strength

68 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for B/E Aerospace, Carrier Corporation, Goodrich Group, Hamilton Sundstrand, Medtronic, Otis Elevator, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Technologies, SanDisk, United Technologies, Xiaomi Mobile (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Oxford

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering

Practice strength

22 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Arent Fox, Arqit, ARM Holdings, Bamboo, Benevolent AI, BIOS Health, Congenica, Dexcom, Divergent3D, Naked Energy, Opteran, Positec Tool Corporation, Pindrop Security, QLM, Raytheon, Royal Mail, Sarcos, Sirnaomics, Starkey Laboratories, Seraphim Spacecamp/AWS Spacecamp, Tesla, Transrobotics, Virgin.

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Automotive and transport
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Neil Nachshen, Pharma and biotechnology
• Darren Lewis, Electronics
• Connor McConchie, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry

Practice strength

52 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, First Solar, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lubrizol, Nestlé, Oxford Biomedica, Sony, Teva, Takeda; patent filing for Brompton Bicycle, Corvidian, DuPont Nutrition, Microventures, Juniper Networks, Senceive Toyota Group, Zealand Pharma (some public knowledge).

Locations

London, Southampton

Recommended fields of expertise

• Medical technology
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Darren Smyth, Chemistry / Digital communication and computer technology
• Jerome Spaargaren, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics

Practice strength

55 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Airbus Operations and Hewlett-Packard. Patent filing for Amazon, Arm, BAT, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Cycle Pharmaceuticals, Flirtey, Siemens Healthcare, Sonos, Amazon, Visa (some public knowledge).

Locations

London, Bath, Cardiff, Leeds

Other Rankings

• Solicitor firms in litigation

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Electronics

Practice strength

18 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Amgen, Columbia University, Corning, Nestlé, Norton, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Samsung Electronics (all public knowledge)

Locations

London, Sevenoaks

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

45 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Baidu, Cern, De La Rue, Huawei, JT International, Micron, Palo Alto Research Center, Oracle, Rockwool, Procter & Gamble, St. Jude Medical, Xerox; EPO oppositions for Mylan (some public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

92 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Illinois Tool Works, Intel, Samsung Electronics, W. L. Gore (all public knowledge).

Locations

Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, York.

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Automotive and transport
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Ravi Srinivasan, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry
• Patrick Campbell, Pharma and biotechnology
• Andrew Bentham, Pharma and biotechnology
• Jimmy Nicholls, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

93 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbvie, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Apollo Intelligent, BASF Pharma, Baidu, Brother, InDex Pharmaceuticals, Nippon Steel, Regeneron, Ricoh, Pioneer, Oxford University Innovation, Trek Bicycle. Patent filing and EPO oppositions for Amgen, Almirall, Toyota; Regeneron regarding patent filing and EPO oppositions (including SPCs); EPO oppositions for Agile Diffraction, GSK (mostly public knowledge).

Locations

London, Cambridge, Oxford

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Chemistry
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Kristina Cornish, Pharma and biotechnology
• Gwilym Roberts, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics
• Alexander Korenberg, Medical technology / Electronics
• Jeremy Smith, Digital communication and computer technology

Practice strength

62 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing at the EPO for Amgen, Boeing, Cisco, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dropbox, General Electric, GE Precision Healthcare, Google, Honeywell, Janssen Sciences, LG Display, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, TCR2 Therapeutics, The Regents of the University of California, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (partially public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Automotive and transport
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Kirsteen Gordon, Medical technology
• David Robinson, Digital communication and computer technology
• Jonathan Stafford, Pharma and biotechnology
• Ed Round, Electronics

Practice strength

121 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing (including at the EPO) for Amazon, Bridgestone, Canon Medical Systems, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead, Google, Hewlett Packard, Micron, Ricoh, Samsung, Thales, Toshiba, TTI Ltd. (mostly public knowledge).

Locations

London, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford

Other Rankings

• Solicitor firms in litigation

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology
• Chemistry
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics
• Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering

Recommended individuals

• Hazel Ford, Pharma and biotechnology
• Philippa Griffin, Pharma and biotechnology
• Christopher Hamer, Chemistry
• Jane Clark, Digital communication and computer technology / Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering

Practice strength

60 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbott, Abbvie, Alcon, 3M, Cisco, Cook Medical, Genzyme, Disney, Intuitive Surgical Operations, Kenwood, MedImmune, NEC, Novartis, (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford, York

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry

Recommended individuals

• Simon Kremer, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry

Practice strength

79 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for 10X Genomics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Danisco, DuPont, Fisher & Paykel, Genentech, Hitachi, Nerudia, Regeneron, Shin-Etsu Chemical (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

25 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Avaya, Bionime, Microsoft, Nokia, Vestel (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Leeds

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology

Recommended individuals

• Jon Broughton, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

9 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Boa Technology, Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, MGI Tech, Procter & Gamble, S2 Genomics, Small Pharma, Vecor IP Holdings (all public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry

Practice strength

43 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and mostly oppositions for Astellas, Acacia Pharma, Baxter, Chevron Philips Chemical, Here Technologies, Ineos Automotive, Janssen Pharmaceutica, JVC Kenwood, Kymab, Mexichem Fluor, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, NXP Semiconductors, Zoll Medical.

Locations

London, Nottingham

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering

Practice strength

45 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Corning Research & Development, Deere & Company, Philip Morris, Qualcomm, Trumpf Medizin Systeme, Xiaomi (all public knowledge)

Locations

London, Cambridge

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Kevin Cordina, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics

Practice strength

3 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Apple, Gilo Industries, Gorilla Technology, Michel Forko, KCI Licensing, Leica Biosystems, Natura Cosmeticos, Netradyne, Serenity Pharmaceuticals, Tactual Labs, TCL, 3M Wound Care. Oppositions for Fontem, Samsung Bioepis, Serenity Pharmaceuticals, UCB, 3M.

Locations

London

Other Rankings

• Solicitor firms in litigation

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Pawel Piotrowicz, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics

Practice strength

48 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Google, MediaTek, Mitel Networks, Nokia, Palantir Technologies, Regeneron (all public knowledge), Airbus Defence and Space, British American Tobacco/Nicoventures, Inflazome, Samsung, Sanofi Aventis, Takeda, Zimmer Biomet; patent filing for Imperial College on COVID-19 vaccines.

Locations

Cambridge, London, Manchester, Guildford, Tunbridge

Recommended fields of expertise

• Automotive and transport
• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

50 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Apple, Analog Devices, Halliburton Energy, Medtronic, Safran (all public knowledge), Honeywell, Harvard University, Sumitomo.

Locations

London, Bristol, Leamington Spa, Sheffield