Patent Search & Filing
Review novelty risk, invention scope and the most suitable filing route before committing resources.
View scopeIntellectual property, explained clearly
Ideas are easy to copy. Patents aren't.
Protect the work behind your advantage with a filing strategy that starts with the facts: what you created, what is already public, what the law can protect and what should happen next.
0Core IP service routes
0Primary filing roadmaps
0Rights commonly reviewed
0Clear point of coordination
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Protection matched to the asset.
Patents, trademarks, copyright and designs protect different things. The starting point is identifying the asset accurately, then choosing the right search, filing and response work.
Patent Drafting
Translate technical substance into a structured specification and claim strategy supported by the disclosure.
View scopeTrademark Registration
Check mark availability, identify relevant classes and prepare a filing aligned with actual commercial use.
View scopeObjection & Opposition
Assess the record, deadline, grounds and evidence before preparing a reasoned response or strategy.
View scopeCopyright Registration
Organise authorship, ownership, creation and publication details for eligible creative and software works.
View scopeDesign Registration
Protect the visual features of a product through suitable representations and novelty-focused preparation.
View scopeIP Consulting
Prioritise protection, ownership, confidentiality, filing sequence and commercial objectives across a portfolio.
View scopeRenewals & Licensing
Track rights, support recordal and renewal work, and structure practical licensing documentation.
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Not sure which right applies?
Answer four questions to identify a sensible first conversation. This tool is general guidance, not a legal conclusion.
- PatentMay protect a new and inventive technical product, process or improvement.
- TrademarkMay protect a source identifier such as a name, logo, device or tagline.
- CopyrightMay protect eligible original expression, including certain software and content.
- DesignMay protect new visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation.
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Why this approach / 04
Documents should follow the invention, not replace understanding it.
Good IP work begins with disciplined fact gathering. The objective is a clear record of the asset, ownership, disclosure history, commercial context and filing choices.
Read our approachMatter discipline
- 01 / FactsIdentify the asset, contributors, dates, documents and known public disclosures.
- 02 / SearchUse focused searching to test assumptions and surface relevant earlier rights or publications.
- 03 / ScopeDefine the work product, exclusions, information needed, timing and fee structure.
- 04 / RecordMaintain a traceable file of instructions, versions, deadlines and decisions.
For researchers / 03
Turning research into a filed application.
Four stages of the same route, written for professors, research groups, universities and R&D teams. Each has its own page.
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Research to Patent
Publication timing, subject-matter checks, inventorship and the route from result to filed application.
Read more02Patentability Assessment
A written opinion on novelty, inventive step, industrial application and Section 3 exclusions.
Read more03Prior Art Search
Searching across patents, literature and theses, including your own group’s earlier publications.
Read more04Patent Drafting
Provisional and complete specifications built from the actual technical contribution.
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The standard the process should meet.
These are service commitments, not fabricated testimonials. Approved client quotations can be added later with permission.
“I should understand the next decision, the documents needed and the deadline that matters.”
“The drafting should reflect the actual technology and the commercial problem it solves.”
“Fees, assumptions and government charges should be separated before I approve the work.”
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