Intellectual property experts in Life Sciences
We provide trusted advice on life sciences IP protection across a wide range of products and innovations including, drug development, formulations, cosmetics, small molecules, biologics, domestic cleaning products and more.
Our life sciences patent services span due diligence and patent landscape searches, competitor IP portfolio analysis, client brand safeguarding and of course patent drafting and prosecution. Whether you are a smaller life sciences innovator, academic institution, or multinational corporation, our life sciences patent specialists will enable you to bring your products to market with confidence while protecting your investment in research, development and innovation.
Speak to our team of experts today about your life sciences patents and how we can help you with future IP protection across the globe. Bailey Walsh & Co. LLP are ready to deliver maximum commercial value from your intellectual property.
Specialists across the Life Sciences sector
Complete Confidentiality
Our life sciences patent services are provided in complete confidence, guaranteed as a fully registered and regulated firm of Chartered Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys.
Named Contact
We give you a dedicated point of contact with our life sciences patent attorneys, who knows and understands your application and can offer efficiency and continuity.
Honest Advice
Our team of life sciences patent specialists provides you with pragmatic, personalised advice, which keeps your organisation’s commercial interests in mind.
Trained and Qualified
Bailey Walsh life sciences patent attorneys are highly trained with degrees in relevant STEM fields. We commit to continuing professional development to stay informed of newly emerging market trends and global patent/IP legislation.
Effective and Efficient
We aim for high levels of efficiency and to provide our clients with an effective professional service, while delivering competitive cost-efficiency across our life sciences IP solutions.
Strength in Experience
Each member of our team has years of experience in IP patent protection. We can represent clients before IP offices across Europe and the UK, including both first instance and appellate tribunals.
Life Sciences Sectors
Life Sciences organisations we work with
Bailey Walsh life sciences patent attorneys work with organisations of all kinds across the pharmaceuticals, medicines and life sciences sector.
Healthcare research professionals
We can work with you to protect the innovations made by your research activities. A pending patent application can offer provisional protection to your IP, even before the patent is granted.
Medical device developers
Life sciences IP is not limited to drugs and medicines. We have significant experience in the prosecution of IP relating to medical devices, allowing commercialisation of new life sciences tools, monitoring equipment and other cutting-edge devices.
Universities
We help universities to patent groundbreaking developments, to ensure that you receive the recognition, prestige and commercial benefit from your life sciences activities.
Life Sciences FAQs
Here are some questions we’re often asked about patent law for the Life Sciences sector.Life sciences patents protect a wide range of innovations, from novel medicines and new applications for them, to medical devices and new production methods.
You can speak to our life sciences patent attorneys as early as you want, but certainly before any public disclosure of the invention is made. We offer an initial obligation-free consultation to help identify the IP surrounding your innovation. From there, we can recommend the best ways to protect your novel life sciences IP.
Life sciences IP protection starts from the date of filing the application. A process of examination follows, which can vary depending on the countries covered and the route taken. In general, patents are usually granted within three to five years from application.
Our international life sciences patent services allow you to seek life sciences IP protection in jurisdictions worldwide, including the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia, Arab States and more. This process typically begins with a UK filing and the international application phase usually completes within 30 months from filing.
Life sciences patents typically last for 20 years. However, in some cases this can be extended by applying for Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) if a product is delayed coming to market due to market authorisation procedures. Speak to our life sciences patent specialists to find out more.