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News » Boult is Gold in the IAM Patent 1000

We are excited to announce that Boult has been ranked as Gold for Firms: Prosecution and European Patent Office by the IAM Patent 1000 2025.

We have received some excellent feedback from our clients as part of the rankings, including:

“’Top-class patent attorney firm’ Boult Wade Tennant is ‘entirely worthy of its stellar reputation. The team are the most supportive, practical and knowledgeable professionals on the market. They boast extensive expertise in patent prosecution as well as opposition and appeal proceedings at the EPO.”

In addition, 16 of our Partnership team have been featured as Recommended Individuals by IAM:

  • Nina White and Matthew Spencer are “leading the biotechnology and life sciences team to continued success” alongside Edward Ronan.
  • Michelle Pratt is also named for working seamlessly with the Boult’s team to oversee global patent strategy.
  • Adrian Hayes is an “EPO maestro with an incredible track record of success”.
  • Oliver Rutt, Rohan Setna and Daniel Weston bolster our chemistry team, bringing “unparalleled strength and depth to the bench”.
  • James Short is “adept at protecting and defending patents from all perspectives”.
  • Tessa Bucks and Neil Thomson “team up to provide the construction and mining manufacturer with a superb all-round service”.
  • Tony Pluckrose is a “versatile and well-rounded practitioner whose understanding of trademark and patent law greatly benefits his following.”
  • Jonathan Palmer is a “business-minded practitioner with a knack for creating valuable patent portfolios”.
  • Jason Pelly is an “astute technical mind with abundant industry experience”.
  • Simon Kahn “draws on his sharp technical acumen to communicate with inventors on a one-to-one level.”
  • Daryl Penny is described as “‘strategic, thoughtful and persuasive… He is a trusted adviser who can always be relied on to handle matters with precision’”.

Nina White, Adrian Hayes and Rohan Setna are also recommended at the European Patent Office.

Find out more about Boult’s profile in the latest edition of the IAM 1000 here.

Relevant sectors
Aerospace
  • Commercial aviation
  • Defence and security
  • Space and satellites
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Automotive
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Electric vehicles
  • Engines
Biotechnology
  • Antibody engineering
  • Antibody manufacture and formulation
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biosimilars
  • Drug delivery
  • Gene editing (e.g. CRISPR)
  • Genomic and molecular tools and methods
  • GM crops
  • Immuno-oncology (e.g. checkpoint inhibitors; modified T cells)
  • Next generation sequencing
  • Nucleic acid synthesis
  • Personalised medicine/disease biomarkers
  • Recombinant protein production and purification
  • Stem cell therapies
  • Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)
  • Synthetic biology
  • Therapeutic antibodies
  • Vaccinology (e.g. viral vectors; mRNA vaccines)
  • Women’s health products
Chemicals
  • Agrochemicals
  • Catalysts
  • Dispersions and colloids
  • Lubricants
  • Polymers and plastics
Communications and Networks
  • Cloud computing
  • Internet of things (IOT)
  • Oceanography, marine
  • Wired and wireless networks
Computing and Software
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Bioinformatics
  • Blockchain and distributed ledgers
  • Communications and networks
  • Computer games
  • Data and software security, cryptography and digital rights management (DRM)
  • Data management and storage, databases and data compression
  • Digital assistants, virtual assistants and software agents
  • Fintech and adtech
  • Machine vision
  • Metaverse, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)
  • Motor capture
  • Multimedia, audio/video processing and animation
  • Natural language processing
  • Quantum computing
  • Robotic process automation
  • Search engines
  • Signal processing
  • Software applications and systems, mobile applications, user interfaces
Consumer Goods and Retail
  • Anti-counterfeit devices
  • Beauty
  • Fashion
  • Health, fitness and sport
  • Household goods
  • Luxury goods
  • Moda
  • Retail
Electronics and Electrical Devices
  • Computer and IT architecture and system design
  • Medical devices
  • Optics
  • Restaurants and bars
  • Robotics
  • Scientific instruments
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Testing systems, control systems, signal processing
  • Travel and leisure
  • Wearable tech and human interfaces
Energy and Green Technologies
  • Biofuels
  • Clean air
  • Fuel cells and battery technology
  • Renewables and recycling
  • Solar power
  • Water, oil and gas, nuclear, fusion, fission
  • Wind turbines
Food and Beverage
  • Beverages
  • Nutrition
  • Retail
Industrial Manufacturing and Processing
  • Packaging
  • Polymers and plastics
  • Printing tech
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Coatings
  • Construction
Materials
  • Advanced materials
  • Composite materials
  • Metallurgy and alloys
  • Nanotechnology
Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Devices
  • Diagnostic instruments
  • Digital health
  • Drug delivery
  • Immuno-oncology
  • In vitro diagnostics
  • Medtech
Pharmaceuticals
  • Diagnostics
  • Drug delivery
  • Generic market entry
  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Methods of production and synthesis
  • Personalised medicine/disease biomarkers
  • Pharmaceutical formulations
  • Pharmaceuticalsceutical formulations
  • Polymorphs
  • Small molecule pharmaceuticals
  • Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)
Trade Marks
  • Consumer goods
  • Cosmetics and perfumery
  • Financial services
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Mechanical products
  • Services
  • Telecommunications
Relevant sectors