Advanced engineering and manufacturing technologies are constantly evolving. We recognise that IP protection and strategy in these industries require detailed understanding of both the commercial landscape and the technology at hand to guide companies to maximise the value of their IP.
Why Gateley IP?
We work with companies of all sizes to protect, commercialise and enforce their IP, supporting manufacturers and other engineering companies to protect and grow their market share, with IP being at the heart of our clients’ success.
What do we do?
Our engineering patent attorneys understand the commercial considerations facing businesses, from where they sit in the supply chain to how they make money. Correctly identifying which opportunities to pursue and how best to protect them is often key to securing patents that can add real commercial value to a new product or service.
Our team of engineering patent attorneys can help identify if a product development project faces a risk of infringing any patent or design rights owned by a competitor. Being aware of any such risks can help reduce uncertainty and save significant potential cost by taking the appropriate steps to mitigate the risks early in the development process.
Our team of trade mark attorneys also have particular expertise in handling the trade mark portfolios of engineering companies, including companies exporting internationally with valuable brands that require protection and enforcement around the world.
Technical specialisms
- Aerospace and rotating machinery
- Advanced manufacturing and moulding technology
- Packaging and consumer goods
- Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics
- Engineering design, controls and equipment health monitoring
- Materials science (including composites and coatings)
- Oil and gas exploration
Relevant sector experience
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Handling outsourced patent drafting work for complex aerospace technology arising from university technology centres working in conjunction with industry.
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Successful revocation of European Patent EP28564721 in the UK before the UK Intellectual Property Office (Decision BL O/0092/23) concerning nuclear energy waste handling and storage technology.
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Advice and patent protection for numerous inventions in the food and drink industry concerned with increasing automation, hygiene, production output and efficiency, including food handling, processing and monitoring technologies.
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Obtained patent protection with a view to seeking outside investment for a start-up company in the field of electric transport and aviation.
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Renewable energy generation in the fields of wind, tidal and wave power including initial patent protection for early proof of concept projects through to in-service planning, monitoring and control of wind farms.
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Advised on registered design protection to help add commercial value to a product, including filing options and strategy, and the preparation of drawings and other representations for filing.