Business Support
Design & Prototyping
Evaluation & Assessment
Innovation Management
Intellectual Property
Organisations & Clubs
PR & Journalism
Product Promotion
Production Realisation
Research and Development

Business Support

Invention Intelligence

Invention Intelligence helps today's inventors and creative innovators manage themselves and their ideas through to commercial success. We deliver practical information and inspiration through online resources, workshops, teleseminars, the ideas21 Innovation Clinics, and individual coaching and mentoring.
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Address: 2 North Lodge, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxon, OX7 3EH
t: +44 (0)1608 811227   w: www.InventionIntelligence.com

Design & Prototyping

Brightworks | Product Design & Development

Award winning industrial designers providing a complete range of new product design, development and prototyping services for companies and individuals.
Contact:  Graeme Paterson
Address: Indigo House, Cheddar Business Park, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3EB
t: +44 (0)1934 743770   w: www.brightworks.co.uk

Frazer Designers Ltd

We are passionate about the business of innovation and design, helping companies and individuals realise their ideas from concept, through to development, production and market
Contact: Stephen Frazer
Address: 6 Hampstead West, 224 Iverson Road, London NW6 2HL, UK
t: +44 (0)20 7624 6011    w: www.frazerdesigners.com

Inform Design & Development

Inform is a product design consultancy that has a proven track record of working with ideas21 members. We guarantee excellent product design, personal service, good value for money, active project management and complete confidentiality.
Contact: Jan Paoli
Address: The Old School House, 84A Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6BS
t: 0845 1662466    w: www.informdevelopment.com

Innovate

Specialise in helping individuals seeking to commercialise a new product idea. Prototyping, research development, design, aesthetics, 3-D illustrations & presentation boards, CAD. Business Link Accredited
Contact:  Alastair Swanwick
Address: Centa House 61 Birkenhead Street London WC1H 8BB
t: +44 (0) 207 354 5640    w: www.innovate-design.co.uk

Jab Design Consultancy Limited

Jab Design has a successful track record creating commercially viable products from good ideas.Contact:  Jonathan Butters
Address: Suite 325 Queens Dock Liverpool L1 0BG
t: 0151 707 7840    w:  www.jabdesign.co.uk

Lucid Innovation Group

Lucid Group helps businesses create and deliver new products and services. We are ISO9001-2000 accredited and have designed hundreds of succesful products over the last 15 years.
Contact: Alistair Williamson
Address: PO Box 180, Manchester, M21 9XW, England
t: + 44 (0) 161 860 0058    w:  www.lucidinnovation.com

RM Alderton Designs

We are a Design Consultancy specialising in the plastics industry. Services include: product design, tool design, plastic flow analysis, mechanical design and full project management including sourcing of working models and tooling.
Contact: Richard Alderton
Address: 5 Temple Bar Business Park, Goodwood, Chichester, PO18 0TU
t: +44 (0) 870 754 2665    w: www.RMAlderton.com

Wareworks Ltd

Electronics hardware, firmware and software consultancy. Experienced in medical, military, security, consumer, environmental, communications, access control etc. FREE Initial consultation. FREE web technical enquiry service.
Contact: Andrew Rust
Address: Unit 54, Cariocca Complex, 2 Sawley Road, Miles Platting, Manchester M40 8BB
t: + 44 (0) 870 080 2903    w: www.wareworks.net

Evaluation & Assessment

abettermousetrap.co.uk

We have professionally assessed and reported on over 5000 invention proposals from inventors, companies and universities. Our assessment service includes patent and product searches. We aim to help inventors by providing the impartial, evidence-based feedback that enables 'grow it or throw it' decisions to be made about early-stage ideas.
Contact: Graham Barker
Address: P O Box 65 Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 8WT
w:  www.abettermousetrap.co.uk

Innovation Management

Wybrow Innovations

Wybrow Innovations is managed by a qualified scientist/engineer, who is also a patent consultant, and professional inventor/innovator.   Services offered, range from an initial technical/commercial appraisal, to final commercial negotiation with interested parties, and  include:  Product Design and Development, Prototyping, Patenting, Technical CAD illustration, and Commercial Liaison.
Contact:   Dr Brian Wybrow
Address:  P O Box 121, Abergavenny, NP7 0WA
t: +44 (0) 1873 831222   w: www.wybrow-innovations.co.uk

Intellectual Property

Appleyard Lees

With offices in Halifax, Leeds and Manchester we are a leading firm of Patent Trade Mark Attorneys. Please contact us for more information.
Contact: Graham Johnson
Address: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester, M3 2JA
t: +44 (0) 161 835 9655    w: www.appleyardlees.com

Azrights Solicitors

An IP/IT ‘one stop shop’ law firm handling UK and international registration of Patents, designs, copyright, trade marks, and litigation of disputes on these matters.  The firm has a particular strength in names and brands – trade marks, domain names, passing off, and trade mark infringement issues.
Contact:  Shireen Smith
Address: 81-83, Essex Road, Islington Green, London N1 2SF
t: +44(0) 20 7700 1414  f: +44 (0)8706 220367
w: www.ip-brands.com

Chapman Molony

We advise on all aspects of obtaining and defending patent, trade mark, copyright and design rights.  Our technical expertise covers electrical, mechanical, optical and chemical technologies. Each of our attorneys has real commercial/industrial experience as an in-house patent attorney or an engineer/scientist. Offices: Salisbury; Bournemouth; Leamington Spa; Banbury; Cardiff; Swansea.
Contact: Dr Anna Molony
Address: Thorpe House, 17 Dormer Place, Leamington Spa, CV32 5AA
t: +44 (0) 1926 800012    w: www.chapmanmolony.com

Dummett Copp

Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys based in East Anglia (Ipswich). We have qualified professional staff in all areas of technology, and exceptional expertise in electronics and telecommunications. Please view our website. We offer an initial 30 minutes consultation for new clients, without charge and without obligation.
Address: 25 The Square, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH, IP5 3SL
t: +44 (0) 1473 660600    w: www.dummett.com

Gallafents LLP

Professional advice across the full spectrum of IP rights; securing patents, trademark and design registrations. Advising on licensing and copyright issues.
Contact:  Richard Gallafent
Address:  27 Britton Street  London  EC1M 5UD
t: 020 7490 7090    w:  www.gallafent.co.uk

Harrison Goddard Foote

With offices in Leeds, near Manchester, in Sheffield and in York, provide a full range of services in respect of patents, trade marks and designs.
Contact: Rosemary Barker
Address: Orlando House 11c Compstall Road Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5HH
t: +44 (0) 161 427 7005    w: www.hgfip.com

Handsome I.P.

We provide competitively priced advice and services relating to all types of intellectual property such as patents, designs, trade marks and copyright.  Our aim is to provide prompt advice which is tailored to your needs and which is in plain English.  See our website to see how we can help you.
Contact Name: Lewis Hands
Address: Green Park Offices, James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BU
t: 0800 612 7312 or 01225 420802 f: 01225 738572  w: www.handsomeip.com

ip21 Limited

ip21 assists businesses to succeed through the intelligent use of intellectual property rights. Our patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys and business advisers are experienced in assisting early-stage and growing businesses to make effective use of intellectual property protection.
Contact:  Matt Dixon
Address:  1 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3ND
t: 020 7645 8250    w:  www.ip21.co.uk

M.J.P.Deans

Patents across different technical subjectmatter, Trademark Registration and Design Protection mostly for startups and small businesses located in Surrey and neighbouring counties. Initial advice free!
Contact: Michael Deans
Address: Lane End House, Hookley Lane, Elstead, Surrey GU8 6JE
t: +44 (0) 1252 705148

Stevens Hewlett & Perkins

With offices in Bristol and London, we offer full patent, design and trademark services. Preliminary half hour consulations without cost or obligation are available.
Contact: Sarah Perkins
Address: Halton House, 20-23 Holborn, London, EC1N 2JD
t: +44 (0) 20 7404 1955 w: www.shandp.co.uk

Organisations & Clubs

Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI)

The Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) meets at Southampton Solent University to help with all aspects of inventing, providing related talks, inventors clinics, networking and encouragement. WRTI hosts a comprehensive inventors website and produces 'Inventique' the free award winning inventors newsletter, which is e-mailed monthly to thousands of subscribers.
w: www.wrti.org.uk

PR & Journalism

Waylines Consulting

Waylines researches and writes case studies and articles for business media and IP organisations. Peter Prowse also runs seminars and workshops on writing and effective communications.
Contact: Peter Prowse 
Address: Byways, Farm Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 1LR
t: +44 (0)1372 271234    w: www.waylines.co.uk

Product Promotion

mustget1

mustget1.com is the first place to visit for UK and worldwide innovations and inventions by some of the best inventors. Get your product in the market place now - no charge for this service. ideas21 members advertise on this site.
Contact: Babs Kohler
t: +44 (0) 1702 299663    w: www.mustget1.com

Product Realisation

Inventorism

Run by a professional British inventor, Inventorism can take a project, at any stage, and deliver a commercially finished product with packaging and tooling ready for mass manufacture at costs comparable to prototyping in the UK.   Stephen Matthews has marketed inventions directly to retail and achieved licensing with global collaborators.
Contact:  Stehen Matthews
Address:  PO Box 56859, London, N21 1EJ
t: 020 8882 9927/ 07796178880   w: www.inventorism.com

Research & Development

Systems Innovation Ltd

Systems Innovation Ltd is a small design consultancy specialising in embedded, electronic and software systems. We serve clients ranging from single-man operations to multi-national companies, tailoring our services to suit. Whether you need to embed intelligence into your design, or just need a simple software application, we can help.
We offer free, confidential, advice to ideas21 members.
Contact: Mathew Maher