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Expert Patent Protection Strategies
Secure your innovations with world-class intellectual property legal services. From initial filing to strategic prosecution, we work with partners to ensure your technical breakthroughs are fully protected across international jurisdictions.
EUIPO | UKIPO | Polish Patent Office Representation
18+ Years IP Experience
Trusted by product innovators, manufacturers, and design-driven brands across Europe.
What Is a Patent?
A patent protects new technical inventions, giving the patent holder exclusive rights to prevent others from making, using, selling, or importing the invention without permission.
Patents typically protect how something works, rather than how it looks (design protection) or what it is called (trademarks).
Patent protection allows innovators to safeguard their research and development investments while creating valuable intellectual property assets.
Examples of patentable innovations
• mechanical inventions
• electronic systems
• manufacturing processes
• software-based technologies
• medical devices
• AI and data-driven technologies
Types of Inventions We Work With Partners To Help Protect
Software & Digital
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Devices
Consumer Products
Algorithms, artificial intelligence, and complex digital architecture patent protection.
Protection for innovative industrial machinery, hardware, and structural engineering solutions.
Securing intellectual property for diagnostic equipment and life-saving healthcare technologies.
Utility and design patent strategy for novel commercial goods and lifestyle innovations.
Explore Our Patent Protection Services
Patent Search
Whether you're developing a new invention, assessing commercial opportunities or expanding internationally, IP Meridian provides practical patent support throughout the innovation lifecycle.
Determine whether similar inventions already exist before investing in protection.
European Patent Filing
Prepare and prosecute European patent applications through the European Patent Office (EPO).
Patentability Search
Assess whether your invention is likely to meet the novelty and inventiveness requirements for patent protection.
PCT International Filing
Develop an international patent strategy through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) administered by WIPO.
Freedom-to-Operate Search
Identify existing patents that could restrict the manufacture, sale or commercialisation of your product before entering the market.
Patent Prosecution
Respond to examination reports, office actions and objections while guiding your application through to grant.
Patent Application Process
01
Initial Disclosure
We begin with a thorough technical review of your innovation to identify its patentable core and commercial potential.
02
Patentability Search
Our experts conduct exhaustive global searches to ensure your invention meets the requirements for novelty and non-obviousness.
03
Drafting & Filing
We prepare high-quality specifications and complex legal claims, managing the filing process across global IP offices.
04
Examination & Prosecution
We represent you during the examination phase, responding to office actions and advocating strategically to secure your patent grant.
Jurisdictions Covered
European Union (EPO)
Delivered via partners of IPMeridian, Comprehensive patent prosecution via the European Patent Office (EPO), providing centralized protection across 39 member states through a single application and high-quality examination process.
Poland (UPRP)
Delivered via partners of IPMeridian, specialized local expertise for Polish national patent applications, utility models, and industrial designs. Direct communication with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) ensures efficient processing.
Frequently asked questions
Why Businesses Choose IP Meridian
50+ Patentability & Freedom to Operate Searches
3,300+ Intellectual Property Matters
18+ Years of International IP Experience
Integrated IP Protection
Helping businesses assess novelty, patentability and commercial risk before investing in innovation.
Founder experience spanning trademarks, designs, patent searches and international IP protection throughout an 18+ year career.
Representation before EUIPO, UKIPO, WIPO and Polish Patent Office.
Coordinating patent searches alongside trademarks, designs and international IP strategies.
Protect your innovation before competitors do.
Speak with an intellectual property lawyer about your patent strategy.