Manufacturing

Patents for manufacturing and industrial companies

Protect production processes, industrial equipment, quality control and Industry 4.0 systems.

Common challenges

Process improvements are often kept as trade secrets — choosing between secret and patent matters
Competitors may reverse-engineer products
Multiple production countries require a coordinated strategy

Process innovations
New steps, parameters or materials that improve yield, quality or cost.
Equipment and tooling
Mechanical or control improvements to production machinery.
Quality and inspection
Machine-vision and sensing systems that detect defects.

Patent or trade secret?

If a process can be reverse-engineered or independently discovered, a patent is usually safer. We discuss this trade-off in the proposal.

Can we patent an improvement to an existing machine?

Yes, improvements that are new and inventive can be patented, subject to any existing third-party rights.

We do not guarantee that any patent will be granted. Grant decisions are made solely by the relevant patent office.

Start with a free, confidential assessment. No obligation until you sign a contract.