1. Ben Dempster M.A. (Cambridge University) Metallurgy and Materials Science Chartered Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney Partner, Withers & Rogers LLP

2. The Materials Entrepreneur Intellectual Property

3. Types of Intellectual Property IP Patents Utility Models Registered Designs Design Right Plant varieties Copyright Know How Common Law Trade Marks Registered Trade Marks

4. Patents

5. Protect inventions. Monopoly right awarded by the state to encourage innovation. Not a right to do anything - a right to stop others.

6. Invention Must Be New An invention is new if it has not been made available to the public by written or oral description, by use or in any other way. –third party disclosures –you - must keep secret USA is exception - one year grace period for disclosures by the inventor.

7. International Convention International (Paris) Convention - Priority period: one year - patents

8. Patents for the Same Invention First to file First to invent - USA

9. Patent? Patent it Keep it secret Decide to publish - open innovation

10. Your patent attorney needs... the concept why it is better than what has gone before/what problem has been solved. an example of how to do it how might others, especially competitors, do it meeting to discuss, preferably notes beforehand.

11. Strategy - Business Objective Manufacturing and growth Sell the business License your technology Joint venture/cross licence

12. Case Studies

13. Manufacturing

14. Dragon Plastics Based in Wales Plastic screw caps and closures Searches to identify technology gap Invented one piece child resistant cap and patented it New market opened up, premium pricing Used as springboard to expand into other premium markets e.g. closures for cosmetics containers.

15. Peter Savage Ltd Manhole covers and gully gratings New market sector Searches Design around Protect and launch

16. Sell the Business

17. Europackaging Started in 1960's supplying Birmingham grocers with paper bags Sold in 2007 for £200m A key ingredient for success = protection around plastic carrier bag dispensers

18. Profile Therapeutics Make nebulisers for administering drugs for asthma Invented and patented new faster system to administer wider range of drugs Floated on LSE to raise the money to invest to bring to market Now acquired by major US corporation

19. License Your Technology

20. IBM - $3 billion in patent licence revenue each year

21. ARM Founded 1985 to design RISC processors First licence granted in 1990 to VLSI Floated on LSE in 1998 10 billionth processor shipped in 2008 Revenue of £260m Market value £1.15bn And they don't even manufacture!

22. Dynamic Cassette International Ltd

23. Maurice Goymer

24. Royalty per container Lump sum and smaller royalty Lump sum only

25. Sandvik Osprey Ltd and Sapa Heat Transfer AB Sandvik Osprey - powders and spray forming Sapa - brazing material Patented in over 50 countries worldwide

26. Patents are commercial tools which can be used by the materials entrepreneur to add value and make money How will you use your patents?

27. Thank you Ben Dempster