Our primary function is to ensure protection for inventions, and a vital secondary role is to support the individual inventor within our client’s organisation. Beyond the technical advice on drafting, filing and prosecution of applications and on validity and infringement, we seek to establish a close working relationship.
Technology is constantly developing, but by maintaining a broad base of skills SH&P is equipped to respond to these developments. The specialised technical disciplines of our patent professionals enable us to handle and understand inventions in all of today’s major fields of technology. Chemical and biochemical patent work is concentrated at our Bristol office, while physical sciences, including physics, engineering and computer science is concentrated in our London office.
The services that we offer include the following:-
- Assessing the patentability of inventions.
- Drafting, filing and prosecuting British, European (EPC) and International (PCT) patent applications.
- Instructing the filing and prosecution to grant of applications worldwide.
- Assistance in enforcing patents against infringers.
- Advising on ways to avoid infringement of patents.
- Filing oppositions or otherwise applying for the cancellation of competitor’s patents.
- Help with licences and assignments of patents and their formal recordal.
- Maintaining patents in force.
- Validating European patents.
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For patents in chemistry, metallurgy, biochemistry and biotechnology, contact Stephen Wilkinson in our Bristol office.
For patents in physics, electrical engineering, general engineering and computing, contact Chris Boydell or Sarah Perkins in our London office.
For patents in general engineering contact David Marles in our Bristol office.