Chemistry
Strategic advisers on chemical innovation with extensive EPO and UPC expertise
We combine rigorous scientific insight with a practical commercial focus, helping clients translate complex chemical innovation into strong, strategic IP protection.
Our Chemistry team works across a wide spectrum of chemical technologies, including battery materials, mineral refining, inks & pigments, nutraceuticals, and consumer products. This breadth enables us to collaborate seamlessly with our Engineering and Life Sciences teams on cross-disciplinary matters. Our attorneys draw on industry experience, academic research and patent expertise to develop clear, practical solutions for clients working with advanced chemical and materials technologies.
We have extensive experience in EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, and have been involved in the UPC since its inception. This insight, together with regular discussion and knowledge-sharing across the team, shapes clear and coherent strategies for drafting, prosecution and litigation. We focus on providing reliable, thoughtful and relevant advice, and we build strong client relationships through open communication and consistent delivery.
Our expertise allows us to develop clear, resilient applications that support effective protection in Europe and globally. We also work closely with clients to coordinate strategies across international portfolios, ensuring consistent and efficient management of their rights.
Our patent specialists also work closely with our trade mark and transactions teams to provide a complete and coordinated IP service.
Meticulous, insightful and adaptable, our approach is focused on providing clear, high-level strategic advice. We take time to understand each case and apply creative, practical thinking to develop strong and defensible protection for our clients’ innovations. We support a wide range of clients, from emerging companies to multinational businesses, including those seeking coordinated management of global IP portfolios.
Chemical Synthesis & Processes
Cleantech
Consumer Products
Energy
Nutrition
Meet the Chemistry team
Successful Defence Against UKIPO Revocation Action
In previous litigation, the High Court awarded a final injunction against Airscience under Wallenius Water’s European patent covering apparatus for purifying fluids with ozone and UV light. In the UKIPO litigation, we successfully defended the patent against a revocation action from Airscience, allowing the earlier injunction to remain in force.
Novelty, inventive step and sufficiency were considered, along with estoppel and the admissibility of late-filed expert evidence, which was subsequently struck out for not meeting the requirement of being “strictly in reply”.
