Expertise, Experience, Enthusiasm
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Aberdeen-originating Patent Firm
Harvard-educated European Patent Attorney
Engineering and Chemistry Specialists
Experienced Support Staff
About us
FOR ENTREPRENEURS, FOREIGN ASSOCIATES AND MULTI-NATIONALS
If you’re looking for a plucky upstart with modern ideas who will tenaciously fight for your patents, you’ve found the right place. Welcome.
“Craig Watson provides outstanding intellectual property advice and strategy as a top-rated and leading UK and European IP counsel. His strategic insights, patent prosecution strategies and understanding of industries allows him to excel in his approach to helping clients build strong patent portfolios in these regions and navigating clients through what can be difficult waters of changing patent landscapes, both from a regulatory perspective and from a competitive perspective. I highly recommend his services for any important patent and other intellectual property needs.”
Jeffrey S. Whittle
Womble Bond Dickinson
Houston Office Managing Partner
“I have worked with patent attorneys in all major patent firms in Scotland, and Craig is the best”
Yerasimos Angelis
Managing Director, GA R&D.
“Over the years, I’ve found Craig’s expertise for European Patents and technology to be very impressive. He is an engaging person, easy to communicate with and manages to distil complex legal issues into understandable language, whilst highlighting the key issues.”
Theodore “Ted” Ro
Retired US Patent Attorney
NASA Johnson Space Centre
“Craig has helped guide us through the patenting process for multiple inventions, without unnecessary expense. His advocacy at a recent European Patent Opposition hearing was excellent, resulting in a favourable outcome for us.”
Ian Garden
Award Winning Inventor
MD Rigdeluge Ltd.
"Matt is not only an exceptional Chartered and European Patent Attorney but is also an Imperial College physicist. This rare combination has proved to be invaluable in developing patent protection for the company’s technology. Rather than simply being a reactive agent, Matt has been proactive in helping to guide the entire IP strategy for the business."
Anthony Fenwick-Wilson
Founder & Executive Chairman
Cross-Flow Energy Company Limited
“Craig has managed Aubin’s IP portfolio for nearly twenty years. Throughout this time he has provided sound and practical advice enabling Aubin to build up a significant and increasingly valuable IP position and we have come to trust his professional advice. Because of this as he moved to different firms we moved with him to maintain and assure ourselves of continuity support. I look forward to working with Craig and his team in the years to come.”
Paddy Collins
Chief Technology Officer
Aubin Ltd
Entrepreneur in Residence 2022, University of Aberdeen
A Safe Choice
We make it easy for new and existing clients to work with us. We’re agile, reliable and expert patent attorneys in Aberdeen.
ISO 9001:2015 certified
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Patent-Experienced Support Staff
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Consistency of Service
WHY WORK WITH
01
Expertise
We take pride in producing excellent work, far above the average in our industry. We understand industry and business, not just intellectual property.
02
Experience
Our attorneys each have decades of experience in patents. This helps us devise the best IP strategy for our clients.
03
Enthusiasm
We’re enthusiastic about innovation and new technology, and seek out clients to work with where we can talk technology.
Our practice areas
We work with small tech companies, large multinationals and foreign associates, to draft and prosecute patents in the UK, Europe and internationally. We provide strategic, holistic advice considering the full spectrum of intellectual property rights.
OUR VISION
Moving Patent Attorney firms forward
An expert, upbeat Patent firm to work with, and work in. We embody a learning culture where everyone can thrive, benefiting all our stakeholders: from clients and associates to employees and Directors.
Completed industry technology courses
Studied Disruptive Strategy online with HBS
Marking and setting professional exams for aspiring Patent attorneys
Investing in support staff
Our Promise
Making patents more Personal and less Perplexing
We’ll understand your business and technology, consider strategy carefully, and maximise your rights thoughtfully. Spotting the details others may miss. We’ll streamline communications for you to reduce the usual admin for interacting with patent attorneys. And we want to enjoy it all too.
OUR EXPERTISE
From the creation of the idea, to the grant of the patent, and beyond.
We specialise in engineering and chemistry patents but cover a wide range of technologies including electronics and life sciences. We have decades of experience in the original drafting of patents and their prosecution through to grant in the UK, Europe and internationally. We’re experts in handling European Patent Oppositions.
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Experienced Patent Attorneys, enthusiastic about technology and protecting it strategically for our clients. ISO 9001:2015 certified. For entrepreneurs, foreign associates and multi-nationals.
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Cranach Patent Attorneys is the operating name of Cranach Ltd, registered under number 14280433 at Hamilton House Euston, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BB. Cranach Ltd is regulated by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board.
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