Patent Filing – UK 2023

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Energy and environmental technology

Practice strength

20 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Allegro MicroSystems, Cambridge Quantum Computing, Chevron Philips Chemical, ELC Management, Halliburton Energy Services, Indian Oil Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Regal Beboit America, T-Mobile (all public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Practice strength

35 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Airbus, Assa Abloy, CommScope, CooperVision, Nike, Ocado, 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

45 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Blue Belt Technologies, PPG Industries, Samsung Electronics, Smith & Nephew, VMware, various universities regarding biotech patents (all public knowledge).

Locations

Alderley Park, Cambridge, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Recommended individuals

• Michelle Pratt, Chemistry
• Nick McLeish, Electronics
• Daryl Penny, Medical technology
• James Short, Automotive and transport / Mechanics, process and mechanical engineering
• Nina White, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

72 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbott, Accenture Global Solutions, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Boeing, De La Rue, Douwe Egberts, Dow Global Technologies, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Thermo Fisher, Vodafone (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
• 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

89 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Amgen, AMO, Auris Health, Barclays Bank, Biogen, Baidu, Biosense Webster, BMS/Celgene, Ethicon, Ionis, Ipsen/Servier, Incyte, Gilead, Leo Pharma, Mars, Micron, Novartis, Regeneron, Raytheon, Stanford University, Sun Chemical, Takeda as well as various Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries. Patent filing for DePuy, Quantum, Vertex (some public knowledge). Oppositions: frequent EPO oppositions for Eli Lilly, Merk, Novocure; Regeneron (defendant) against Furo Ventures in EPO appeal over cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent; Regeneron (opponent) against Amgen in EPO appeal over chronic eczema drug Dupixent; Novartis in EPO opposition regarding patent concerning Exjade for treating an excess of iron in a patient's blood.

Locations

London

Other Rankings

• Litigation: Solicitors

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Digital communication and computer technology

Recommended individuals

• Robert Stephen, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

24 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Imagination Technologies, Kaymab, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Universal Electronics, Xilio Therapeutics. Filing and oppositions for Foundation Medicine, SNIPR Biome. Oppositions for BP Technologies, Eli Lilly, Nestlé, Opko Health.

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Recommended individuals

• John Tothill, Electronics

Practice strength

74 patent attorneys

Significant clients

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

Locations

London, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Oxford

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

59 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Amazon, Airspan, DuPont Nutrition, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Naturebeads, Toyota Group, Zealand Pharma. Filing and oppositions for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, First Solar, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lubrizol, Nestlé, Oxford Biomedica, Quorvo, Sony, Teva, Takeda (some public knowledge). Oppositions for Teva (opponent) against Bristol-Myers Squibb in EPO opposition over SPC of blockbuster drug apixaban for the treatment and prevention of blood clots; Ligaud Pharmaceuticals (opponent) against Regeneron in EPO opposition over antibodies.

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
• Monika Rai, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

52 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for 3D Matrix, Airbus Operations and Hewlett-Packard. Patent filing for Amazon, A.P. Moller-Maersk, Arm, Cycle Pharmaceuticals, Racuten, Siemens Healthcare, ServiceNow, Sonos, Visa (some public knowledge). Advice: Egress Software, Pulpex and VividQ regarding patent strategy and prosecution.

Locations

London, Bath, Cardiff, Leeds

Other Rankings

• Litigation: Solicitors

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Richard Cooke, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

20 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Amgen, Columbia University, Corning, Deka products, Imagination Technologies, Nestlé, Norton, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Samsung Electronics, u-blox (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Sevenoaks

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Recommended individuals

• Arnie Clarke, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

54 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbott, Baidu, Cern, De La Rue, Huawei, JT International, Micron, Palo Alto Research Center, Oracle, Rockwool, Procter & Gamble, St. Jude Medical, Xerox. Oppositions for Viatris (defedant) against Novartis in EPO opposition and infringement proceedings regarding multiple sclerosis drug findolimod; EPO oppositions for De La Rue (some public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

96 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

• Andrew Bentham, Pharma and biotechnology
• Christopher Milton, Pharma and biotechnology
• Jimmy Nicholls, Pharma and biotechnology
• Amanda Simons, Pharma and biotechnology
• Ravi Srinivasan, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry
• Sarah Roques, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

83 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). Oppositions: Gilead (opponent) against Nucana in EPO opposition over hepatitis C drug; EPO oppositions for Agile Diffraction, Baxter, GSK, UCB (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

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

Practice strength

69 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing at the EPO for Amgen, Boeing, Cisco, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dropbox, Elekta, General Electric, GE Precision Healthcare, Google, Honeywell, Itron, Janssen Group, LG Display, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Netflix, Slack Technologies, TCR2 Therapeutics, The Regents of the University of California, Vertex, Harvard College/The Broad Intitute on DNA sequencing, Melinta Therapeutics on SPC application for antibiotic delafloxacin (partially public knowledge). Oppositions: Boeing (defendant) against EOS in EPO opposition over additive manufacturing technology; Itron (defendant) against Qundis in EPO opposition over devices for automatic meter reading; Viasat (defendant) against European Union in EPO opposition over beam-hopping satellites; Ball Corp. (opponent) against competitor in EPO oppositions over technology for packaging in aluminium cans; Honeywell (defendant) against various competitors in EPO opposition regarding novel refrigerant Solstice HFO; Edwards Lifesciences (claimant and defendant) against various competitors in EPO oppositions over heart valves.

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Practice strength

132 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing (including at the EPO) for AB InBev, Bridgestone, The Broad Institute, Celanese, Canon Medical Systems, Cook Biotech, Crown Packaging, Dynex, Daiichi Sankyo, Flusso, Genuid, Gilead, Google, Hewlett Packard, Micron, Milwaukee Electric Tool, Keystone Tower Systems, Ricoh, PQ Corporation, Samsung, Thales, Toshiba, University of Edinbrugh, Veo Robotics, Yasa (mostly public knowledge). Oppositions: Pfizer/Wyeth (defendant) against MSD in EPO proceedings over formulation of pneumococcal vaccines; The Broad Institute in EPO proceedings regarding CRISR-Cas patents.

Locations

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

Other Rankings

• Litigation: Solicitors

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Recommended individuals

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

Practice strength

65 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Abbott, AbbVie, BP, Cisco, Genzyme, Intuitive Surgical Operations, Kenwood, MedImmune, NEC. Filing and oppositions for Cook Medical, 3M, Moderna, Novartis. Oppositions for Abbott against Dexcon in EPO oppositions over glucose-monitoring devices for diabetic patients (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford, York

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry

Recommended individuals

• Robert Andrews, Pharma and biotechnology
• Simon Kremer, Pharma and biotechnology / Chemistry
• Robert Watson, Chemistry

Practice strength

70 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for 10X Genomics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CJ Cheiljedang Corporation, Danisco, DuPont, Fisher & Paykel, Genentech, Hitachi, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nerudia, NGK Insulators, Regeneron, Shin-Etsu Chemical (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

26 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Avaya, nChain Licensing, 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, Norton, Procter & Gamble, Small Pharma, Vecor IP Holdings (all public knowledge).

Locations

London

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Chemistry

Recommended individuals

• Richard Bassett, Pharma and biotechnology
• Ian Stevens, Pharma and biotechnology

Practice strength

53 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Amniotics, Astellas, Acacia Pharma, Baxter, Here Technologies, Ineos Automotive, Janssen Pharmaceutica, JVC Kenwood, Kymab, Mexichem Fluor, Novo Nordisk, NXP Semiconductors, Unilever, Zoll Medical. Oppositions for Chevron Philips Chemical, Eli Lilly, Elanco, Novozymes, Johnson & Johnson. Litigation: Astellas (defendant) against Fibrogen in revocation case over drug used in anaemia treatment.

Locations

London, Nottingham

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Practice strength

41 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Arriver Software, Corning Research & Development, Deere & Company, Hill-Rom Services, Philip Morris, Qualcomm, Trumpf Medizin Systeme, Xiaomi, Welch Allyn (all public knowledge).

Locations

London, Cambridge

Recommended fields of expertise

• Pharma and biotechnology
• Medical technology

Practice strength

9 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for AbbVie, Dimension Genomics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, ONK Therapeutics, Vector Vitale and various US universities (all public knowledge). Oppositions: Intellia Therapeutics (opponent) against The Broad Institute; Sigma-Aldrich and Toolgen in EPO opposition over CRISPR-Cas patents; strawman suit aganist Cook Medical in EPO opposition over medical device; Glenmark against Towa in EPO opposition over formulation of dabigatran; strawman suit against Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in EPO opposition over Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s therapy.

Locations

Littlehampton

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Recommended individuals

• Kevin Cordina, Digital communication and computer technology / Electronics

Practice strength

4 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing and oppositions for Danaher Corporation, Ocean Bottle, Bial, Celenese, Apple, Gilo Industries, Natura Cosmeticos, Netradyne, Acerus Pharmaceuticals, 3M Wound Care. Oppositions for Acerus Pharmaceuticals, 3M, Danaher Corporation, Celanese.

Locations

London

Other Rankings

• Litigation: Solicitors

Recommended fields of expertise

• Digital communication and computer technology
• Electronics

Practice strength

55 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Google, MediaTek, Mitel Networks, Nokia, Palantir Technologies, Regeneron, Roche, Oppo, Waymo, University of Manchester (all public knowledge), Airbus Defence and Space, British American Tobacco/Nicoventures, Centripetal Networks, Inflazome, Samsung, Sanofi Aventis, Takeda, Zimmer Biomet; patent filing for Imperial College on COVID-19 vaccines. Oppositions: Umicore Shokubai in EPO oppositions regarding automotive catalysts; Biogen over medical devices; frequently for Procter & Gamble and Takeda.

Locations

Cambridge, London, Manchester, Guildford, Tunbridge

Recommended fields of expertise

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

Practice strength

55 patent attorneys

Significant clients

Patent filing for Apple, Analog Devices, ArvinMeritor Technology, Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology, Covidian, Halliburton Energy, J.C. Bamford Excavators, Medtronic, Safran (all public knowledge), Honeywell, Sumitomo. Filing and oppositions for Harvard University, JCB.

Locations

London, Bristol, Sheffield, Warwick