UMIP Appoints Three New Patent Agents

MANCHESTER, U.K. - Aug. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- UMIP, The University of Manchester's intellectual property and commercialisation agent, has appointed three firms to act as patent agents.

Specialist firms HGF Ltd, Mewburn Ellis and Appleyard Lees made the final cut, following a rigorous and highly competitive tender process, which saw high quality responses from a large pool of applicants.

Commenting on the selection, Clare Arkwright, Head of IP services at UMIP, said:

"We’re confident each of these prestigious patent firms will add value to UMIP’s business through high quality drafting and prosecution of patents and the provision of appropriate strategic advice.  We are very much looking forward to a productive partnership with each of the firms."

Applicants had to demonstrate a proven record of university IP commercialisation, as well as the ability to draft high-quality patent specifications and trademark applications.

It was also vital that the agents were able to attend in-person meetings with inventors and university personnel at short notice multiple times each year.