Part of a New Series of Business Improvement Seminars for Professionals;

 "Better, Stronger Patents "

A unique day-long seminar and workshop that will help you improve the strength of your own patent portfolio before it is too late.

By using easy to understand systematic approaches to analyse your current  patent root clause and look at the future of your product before your competitors do you can significantly enhance the value of your IP and also protect your company's future.

The Seminar will consist of;

Delegates are encouraged to bring along examples of their own patents that have been published.  

Our Expertise

Our specialist in innovation is Adrian Cole. Adrian is also a Professor at Birmingham City University and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He has been trained in Systematic Innovation/TRIZ by Darrell Mann one of the world’s leading authorities in the subject. Adrian regularly provides closed corporate workshops and courses in SI both in the UK and the rest of Europe. Being an academic he has close ties with the HE sector and has been instrumental in developing our online learning portal that currently includes a number of SI modules.

Our specialist in Innovation Protection is Dr Ian Hartwell.  Ian is a consulting European Patent Attorney with Maguire Boss, Cambridge, and a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for IP Policy and Management at Bournemouth Business School.  He has a PhD in IP management from the School of Engineering, Cranfield University.  A Chartered Engineer, Ian worked in the aero industry before joining the automotive directorate of the European Patent Office.  He subsequently served as in-house IP Manager for piezo inkjet manufacturer Xaar plc and the inventors of light emitting polymers, Cambridge Display Technology.

Our Company

WDP is a Cambridge based consultancy that provides organisations with high quality, comprehensive innovation methods and processes that are proven to work. Often these methods have been tested by our own consultants in the field and through our sponsored research programmes. The methods are provided in a format to suit the organisation concerned be that; workshops, industrial or academic courses, on-line portals, direct advice or simply through the supply of support tools. It is through its full range of services that WDP helps organisations avoid some of the unnecessary risk of innovation.

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 Further information about us can be found at; http://www.wdp.innovation.co.uk