Materials science and industrial chemistry is at the core of modern society: most, if not all, of the products that we use in our day-to-day lives have been manufactured and designed using the intrinsic properties of different materials or include substances that have been processed chemically to achieve a desired property.

Chemists and materials scientists innovate by uncovering new and exciting substances as well as producing brand new properties by combining known materials and finding new ways of manufacturing chemicals, whilst environmental chemists use the properties of materials to minimise the impact of human activity on the environment.
At HGF, our designated team partners with our clients to help protect and safeguard their innovations and brands to support client growth and business strategies, ensuring freedom-to-operate and securing competitive advantage.

We routinely represent clients in EPO oppositions and appeals in these areas and have extensive experience in IP negotiation and IP enforcement in the materials and industrial chemistry space.

Our attorney team represents clients across the entire business spectrum, Universities, spin-ours, start-ups, SMEs, multinationals. We have longstanding and demonstrable expertise in metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, composites, catalysis, chemical processing, environmental chemistry and physical chemistry.

So whether your innovation is in a new chemical process, a new material or a way of mitigating environmental impact, our team of experts can help you protect and grow your business.