HGF Office

Newcastle

7th Floor, 1 St. James Gate,
Scotswood Road,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE1 4AD

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HGF is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service both across Europe and internationally. Contact us to find out how we can work with your business.

Tel. +44 (0)191 205 8360

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HGF opened its Newcastle office in 2016 to provide IP services to the many companies and universities based in the North East area.

Newcastle’s HGF office collaborates with the firm’s large network of multidisciplinary specialists across trade marks, bio sciences, life sciences, engineering, chemistry and electronics to provide full service IP for academia, SMEs and multinational companies.

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    UPC Representative

    Lucy
    Johnson

    Chief Operating Officer
    UPC Representative

    Jennifer
    Uno

    Partner & Head of Engineering

    Richard
    Wylie

    Partner & Trade Mark Attorney
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    Jennifer
    Unsworth

    Partner & Patent Attorney

    Thomas
    Olbrich

    Patent Director

    Rebecca
    Grant

    Trade Mark Director

    Elliot
    Stephens

    Senior Patent Attorney

    David
    Akerman

    Patent Attorney

    Heather
    Reiffer

    Patent Attorney

    Joseph
    Todd

    Trainee Patent Attorney

    Jessica
    Clark

    IP Administrator

    Clair
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    IP Administration Manager
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