Patents

Keltie's Patent Group covers every technology in depth, with client-focused teams as follows:

• Automotive, Aerospace and Marine Technologies
• Bioscience and Medical Technologies
• Chemistry and Materials Science
• Environmental Technologies
• IT, Telecoms and Electronics
• Physics and Electromechanical Engineering

Each team comprises scientists or engineers with diverse backgrounds that blend PhD-level research with industrial experience and many years in the patent profession. Some of us have backgrounds as patent examiners too.

From lab to marketplace, from sketch to manufacture, our patent people realise innovative potential at every stage. 

Meet the Group

UK and European qualified, Keltie's patent attorneys spend most of their time handling the firm's flourishing practice before the European Patent Office. They appear frequently in EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, in both attack and defence. They enjoy a remarkable rate of success in contentious matters, born of across-the-board preparation, expertise and advocacy.

Knowing that a poorly-drafted patent specification is like a time bomb, our patent people take pride in the quality of their drafting - as they take satisfaction in exploiting the weaknesses of bad patents. Our wealth of direct patent clients means that we draft often, and that we draft well. We know that a persuasive patent application builds an inventive step into a leap toward strong protection. We catch the spirit of an idea, and transform it into an asset. Every patent must tell a story: we bring inventions to life.