Patents

For British, European and International patent applications, unlike many patent attorney firms, Albright Patents uses a secure and immediate online filing system. This online filing system additionally provides discounted official fees, and we are proud to pass on these cost-savings in full to our clients.

Introduction to Patenting

If you have an invention, be it a new product or process, then it may well be patentable, and Albright Patents are here to ensure that you maximise the protection available for your invention.

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Patents

Albright Patents is a full service patent and trademark attorney firm offering representation before the UK Patent Office (UKIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and internationally before the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation). We can also file patent applications in almost any country throughout the world.

For British, European and International patent applications, unlike many patent attorney firms, Albright Patents uses a secure and immediate online filing system. This online filing system also provides discounted official fees, and we are proud to pass on these cost savings in full to our clients.

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Our European and British patent attorneys are able to advise on all areas of patent law, including:

Patentability, including excluded subject matter
Pre-application searching
Patent drafting, filing, and amendment through to grant in any country
Validity
Infringement
Revocation
Entitlement
Licences and assignments, including recordal at patent offices around the world
Opposition before the European Patent Office (opposing and defending)
Tax relief on profits from patents - The Patent Box
Product development
Prototyping
Selling your idea
Manufacturing

Our offices are located in Cheltenham, UK, and you are welcome to contact us for free initial advice regarding:

Patents for inventions
Trademarks for your brand image and company
Registered Designs to protect the appearance of your products
Copyright to cover your literature, artwork and graphic design

Whether you are an inventor, designer, entrepreneur or business, Albright Patents can help you stay ahead of your competitors by protecting your new designs, products and trade names in a thorough, proactive and cost effective way.

Our firm provides a personal service, puts our clients first and has a strategy to support your enterprise. We are here to protect your creative vision, innovation and investment, through domestic, European and international patent filings.

Patents Overview

What is a patent? Patents generally protect products or processes which include new technical or functional aspects. They protect the ideas behind how things work.

If a new product or process yields advantages over known products and processes, then there is a reasonable likelihood that it is patentable, provided that it has not been publicly disclosed already.

The protection afforded by a patent is territorial. For example, a British patent only gives the patentee a monopoly in the UK.

It is possible to file a patent application in the UK, and to subsequently file corresponding patent applications in foreign countries up to a year later. There is thus a 12 month grace period for overseas patent filings in most countries.

To read more about the importance of patent protection to your business, please see the section below.

You are also welcome to contact us on +44(0)1242 691 801 to speak to a qualified British and European patent attorney.

The Importance Of Patent Protection To Your Business

Any business which invests in research and development cannot afford to ignore the power that patents have in protecting that investment. Patent protection provides a means of obtaining a monopoly in a desired country or countries for a term of up to 20 years from the date of filing for an invention, whether the invention is a product or a process.

Strategic patenting ensures that the benefits of research and development can be wrapped up, retained and protected to give you a competitive edge in the marketplace. Combined with effective policing of patent rights, a business can establish itself firmly in a particular field, and can prevent its competitors from riding on the wave of its investment.

Although patenting can be reasonably expensive, a patent has a high presumption of validity, because the claims of a patent are thoroughly searched by the Patent Office and the claims are examined in detail by a Patent Examiner. This high presumption of validity means that companies respect patent rights and do not tend to infringe patents deliberately. The cost of bringing a patent action before the courts is high, but infringements rarely come to court, with disputes usually being settled early.

A patent may protect an invention, but this does not necessarily mean that the invention is free for use by the patentee. It is possible that someone else may already have protected core features associated with the same invention. This situation can arise, for example, when a company takes a competitor's product and improves it. Although the improvement may well be patentable in its own right, it may also be covered by the competitor’s earlier patent. In this position, patent protection of the improvement can be vital in order to negotiate, for example, a cross-licence agreement to enable the improvement to be sold.

In today’s marketplace, we believe that it is more important than ever to be IP-aware. Keep your competitors at bay with strategic IP protection and give certainty to retaining your market share.

Product Design, Development and Manufacture

At Albright Patents, we work closely in collaboration with our sister company D2M Innovation to advise on all aspects of product design. This includes advising on the product development process including product prototyping, selling your idea and putting your product into production.

Established on the back of 25 years combined experience of protecting and developing ideas, D2M is the only product design company in the UK with Chartered Patent Attorneys, Product Designers and Prototyping Engineers in one office. This allows D2M to offer its fully integrated design to market service in a synergistic manner, in order to ensure that your ideas reach their full potential.

D2M are passionate about helping people develop, protect and profit from their ideas, and provide expertise and a bespoke blend of services which take into account your aspirations and budget.

D2M have expertise in all aspects of product design, and in a broad range of market sectors, including mother & baby, medical, consumer, sports equipment, underwater and mechanical products.

The expert team of consumer product designers, textile designers and prototyping engineers at D2M can advise on the following:

Product development - the process of turning an idea into a desirable product
Prototyping - creating a concept prototype
Selling your idea - licensing your intellectual property rights or selling directly
Manufacturing - putting your product into production

You can read more about the D2M team on their website, where you can also find a selection of case studies of recent projects.

Call +44 (0)1242 691 801 to speak to a Chartered British Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney

Patents

Introduction to Patenting

Patents

Patents Overview

The Importance Of Patent Protection To Your Business

Product Design, Development and Manufacture

Call +44 (0)1242 691 801 to speak to a
Chartered British Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney