Patent Filing – UK 2025
-
Recommended fields of expertise
Recommended individuals
Practice strength
38 patent attorneys
Significant clients
Patent filing for CO2 Sustain, BioRad, Bivictrix, Cancer Research UK, Clasado Biosciences, Cresendo Biologics, FeTu, Jemmtec, JT International, Samsung Electronics, Smith & Nephew, PPG Industries, Owlstone Medical, Oxa Autonomy, Viasat, various UK and US universities regarding biotech patents (some public knowledge).
Locations
Cambridge, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester
-
Recommended fields of expertise
Recommended individuals
Practice strength
69 patent attorneys
Significant clients
EPO oppositions: Abbott against Dexcom over glucose-monitoring devices (including UPC; settled in 2024); European Oppositions Limited against Wyeth/Pfizer over method for production of a polypeptide; straw man oppositions over CRISPR/Cas patent. Litigation: Molecular Instruments against Advanced Cell Diagnostics at UPC over RNA-sequencing technology. Patent filing for Boeing, Capital One, FEI Company, Jeol, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Tepeo, Thermo Fisher, Vodafone. Filing and oppositions for Abbott, Dow Global Technologies, Johnson Matthey (some public knowledge).
Locations
London, Cambridge, Reading
-
Recommended fields of expertise
Recommended individuals
Practice strength
95 patent attorneys
Significant clients
EPO oppositions: Johnson & Johnson regarding biological product Stelara for treating autoimmune disease; Novartis against Alexion over patent for antibody eculizumab to prevent transplant rejection; Novartis regarding heart-failure drug Entresto; Sanofi against Amgen over cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent; Sanofi against Moderna and CureVac over mRNA patent; Gilead over HIV blockbuster Descovy; Janssen-Cilag against Amgen regarding blood cancer drug Tecvayli; CSL/uniQure against Pfizer over haemophilia gene therapy Hemgenix. Patent filing and oppositions for Amgen, Barclays Bank, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ethicon, Gilead, GH Research, Micron, Novartis, Regeneron, Takeda, various Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries.
Locations
London
Other Rankings
Experts at Carpmaels & Ransford:
View all experts
Jennifer Antcliff
View Profile
Daniel Wise
View Profile -
Recommended fields of expertise
Recommended individuals
Practice strength
48 patent attorneys
Significant clients
EPO oppositions: Moderna against CureVac regarding mRNA patent (public knowledge). Patent filing and oppositions for Airbus and Hewlett-Packard. Filing for Nokia, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Rakuten, Siemens Healthineer, ServiceNow, Sonos, Visa (some public knowledge).
Locations
London, Bath, Cardiff, Leeds
Other Rankings
-
Recommended fields of expertise
Recommended individuals
Practice strength
2 patent attorneys
Significant clients
Patent filing and oppositions for Acerus Pharmaceuticals, Apple, Axovia Therapeutics, Celanese, Danaher Corporation, KCI, uniQure, Samsung Bioepis, Toyota.
Locations
London
Other Rankings
-
Recommended fields of expertise
Practice strength
57 patent attorneys
Significant clients
Patent filing for Accenture Global Solutions, Apple, Analog Devices, ArvinMeritor Technology, Halliburton Energy, Harvard University, Honeywell, J.C. Bamford Excavators (all public knowledge).
Locations
London, Bristol, Sheffield, Warwick
Experts at Withers & Rogers:
Marie-Claude Pellegrini
View Profile
Dr Ernst-Ulrich Wittman (Uli)
View Profile
This ranking depicts the most important UK patent firms according to their reputation in the eight most important fields of technology in patent filing. It includes information on their most significant clients, offices and team size. Clients have been sourced from either the law firm or the EPO register. Practice strength refers to only UK and European patent attorneys working on patent filing and oppositions. The selection of law firms reflects the research of the editorial staff at JUVE Patent and is based on interviews with clients, lawyers and academics worldwide. It remains a subjective view and implies no disparagement of any firm not mentioned here but which is nevertheless active in these fields. The firms are alphabetically listed. To find out more about our rankings and research criteria please click here and here.