Inventing the stuff that new things can be made of. At its heart, that is innovative materials technology. Our attorneys thrive on applying their specialist materials knowledge and IP expertise to new technical areas.

Our materials experts have to be agile and flexible in their thinking and in their understanding of technology – we train them that way. Materials considerations underpin many inventions in different engineering fields such as electronics, construction and aerospace. However, “materials” inventions arise in all manner of diverse technical fields, including sensors, medical devices and next generation batteries. So our patent attorneys thrive on applying their specialist materials knowledge and IP expertise to new technical areas.

We are proud to have worked with the teams from University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge on some of the original research into graphene technology. Graphene is well-known for its incredible materials properties and for its potential. The next challenges with this amazing material are to invent ways to make and use it at a commercial scale.

Mewburn Ellis have a strong track record of patenting inventions based on sophisticated materials characterisation techniques. Often, it is the application of such techniques that allows researchers to understand the mechanisms underpinning improved materials performance. Particularly at the European Patent Office we have helped to push forward the patentability of inventions defined in terms of parameters derived from such characterisation techniques.

Our materials IP experts span our chemistry and engineering patent teams and they have a wide variety of academic and IP backgrounds, this means we are well placed to consider all of the legal and scientific angles needed to build and defend a strong IP portfolio. Our approach is flexible, meaning we can adapt and build multidisciplinary teams based on your specific needs.