Patent commercialisation
A granted patent is not yet a business.
You have the patent. Somewhere there is a company that needs it. Getting from one to the other takes work — finding them, testing whether the demand is real, and agreeing terms that hold. That is what we do.
Start with an enquiryA patent protects an invention. It does not sell one.
A patent grants the right to stop others using an invention. It does not identify who wants it, establish what a licence is worth, or produce an agreement. Those are separate pieces of work, each requiring different expertise, and a rights holder who completes none of them holds protection over a market that never arrives. Most patents that fail commercially fail here — not in the laboratory.
You hold intellectual property
Submit a patent, a portfolio, or a filing in progress.
- Independent inventors
- Universities and research institutions
- Technology transfer offices
- IP attorneys acting for clients
- Companies with dormant portfolios
You need technology you don't have
Describe the capability you are looking for.
- Manufacturers and OEMs
- Product companies and startups
- Contract developers
- Corporate R&D and open innovation teams
- Investors sourcing licensable assets
We are early, and we are selective.
EPIC IP is at MVP stage. We work with a small number of investors and companies while we build, so we take on a limited number of engagements and choose them carefully. Our team and advisers cover patent, technical and commercial disciplines, and we bring in the right one for the question rather than pretending one person covers them all.
What we do
- Assess a patent or portfolio commercially now
- Check the rights and their scope now
- Bring in our IP attorney network now
- Find and approach potential licensees now
- Work with you through negotiation now
The matching platform is in build. Until it runs, we do this by hand — our own research, our own network, our own calls. Slower, and for now better.
We are new. We have no track record of closed deals to point at, and we are not going to invent one. What you get instead is a straight answer about what your patent is worth commercially, including when the answer is that it is not worth pursuing.
We do the commercial work. Lawyers do the legal work — and we will tell you when you need one.
How a match becomes a licence
Four stages. We run them alongside your own technical, commercial and legal advisers rather than in place of them.
Submit
Send a public patent reference, or a non-confidential description of the capability you need. Please do not send unpublished or confidential material at this stage.
Match
We research and approach potential counterparties, and test whether a genuine commercial requirement exists before either side invests further time.
Value
We assess the commercial factors and, where suitable evidence exists, discuss an indicative licensing range. This is not a statutory, tax or accounting valuation.
Licence
The parties agree scope and terms with their advisers. Technical transfer and royalty reporting are defined in the licence itself.
Beyond the match
A licence is often the beginning rather than the end.
IP management
We administer intellectual property under an agreed scope for the companies we work with, alongside their own legal and tax advisers — keeping filings, renewals and licence records in order so nothing lapses through inattention.
Building around the technology
Some technologies warrant a company built around them rather than a licence granted to someone else. Where that is the better route, we help think through what that company would need to look like and what has to be proven first.
Our areas of focus
We work worldwide and we are industry agnostic by design — the failure we fix is structural, not sectoral. In practice we are most active in physical, component-heavy sectors, and these are the areas where we are currently best placed to help.
Materials science and advanced manufacturing
Composites, coatings, polymers, thermal systems, process technology and tooling.
Water, sanitation and environmental systems
Treatment, filtration, desalination, recovery, monitoring and distribution hardware.
Drones, robotics and autonomous systems
Airframes, propulsion, actuators, end effectors, avionics, sensing and power systems.
Agritech and food systems
Mechanisation, implements, post-harvest, irrigation, processing and cold chain.
Marine and the blue economy
Aquaculture, offshore systems, vessel technology, subsea equipment and ocean monitoring.
Health, wellness and assistive devices
Wellness hardware, assistive and mobility equipment, hygiene, diagnostics support and care technology.
Space and satellite systems
Ground segment, subsystems, structures, propulsion components and downstream applications.
Consumer and industrial products
Devices, mechanisms, packaging, durable goods and their components.
For product design, prototyping and MVP firms
The hardest problem in hardware is the distance between a prototype and production. When a client brings you a requirement, developing from zero is not always the fastest or cheapest answer. We give design studios, prototyping shops, MVP builders and contract engineering firms a route to technology that is already invented, so a client requirement can sometimes be met by licensing rather than by starting a development programme. Partner enquiries are welcome.
Who we work with
Industry agnostic, because the failure is structural rather than sectoral.
Inventors
Turn a granted patent into income instead of a renewal fee.
Academia and research institutions
Commercialise a portfolio without running a licensing office for every filing.
IP attorneys and law firms
Offer clients a route to revenue alongside prosecution and enforcement.
Manufacturers and OEMs
Source proven technology instead of funding development from zero.
Startups and founders
Licence in what you need; have your own IP held and protected properly from day one.
Investors
See licensable assets and IP-backed ventures earlier than the market does.
Questions and answers
Where can I license a patent?
Send EPIC IP a non-confidential description of the capability you need. EPIC IP researches potential sources, approaches rights holders on your behalf, and tells you whether there is a licence worth pursuing. Matching is currently done by hand; the platform that will automate it is still being built.
How do I license my patent to a manufacturer?
Send EPIC IP a public patent reference and the applications you have in mind. EPIC IP assesses whether real commercial demand exists, checks the scope of the rights, and approaches potential licensees. If the assessment is that no viable licence exists, EPIC IP will say so.
How can a university or technology transfer office commercialise its patents?
EPIC IP takes portfolio enquiries from universities and research institutions and scopes a defined project alongside the existing technology transfer team rather than replacing it. Each filing is assessed on its own merits, and EPIC IP identifies which ones it does not consider licensable.
Do you work with IP attorneys and law firms?
Yes. EPIC IP works with IP attorneys where the attorney acts with client authorisation, handling the commercial side: demand assessment, counterparty search and negotiation support. Legal advice and licence drafting remain with the qualified adviser under their own engagement.
Which industries does EPIC IP cover?
EPIC IP's current areas of focus are materials and advanced manufacturing, water and environmental systems, drones and robotics, agritech, marine, wellness and assistive technology, space, and consumer and industrial products. Commercial questions are similar across sectors, but technical readiness, regulatory classification and licensing norms differ substantially, and each is assessed on its own terms.
What does EPIC IP charge?
Initial enquiries are free, and so is our reply. If a consultation would be useful, EPIC IP explains its scope, fee and deliverable before you book. Anything beyond the consultation is scoped and agreed in writing first.
What can EPIC IP not do?
EPIC IP cannot promise a licensee, a valuation you can file with a regulator, or a timeline, and has no closed-transaction record to point to yet. EPIC IP does not give legal advice. Where a technology needs a clinical, safety or export-control pathway, that sits outside a licensing conversation and EPIC IP will say so early.
Start with five questions.
We ask everyone the same five. They take a few minutes and they tell us quickly whether there is something here worth your time and ours. Answer them, copy the summary, and email it to us.
Keep it non-confidential to start — a patent number or a short description is plenty. Please don't send unpublished inventions or anything covered by a client confidentiality obligation until we have an agreement in place.
You want to know whether there is a commercial route — who might licence it, on what basis, and whether it is worth the next renewal. Answer the five questions below.
You want to know whether someone has already solved your problem, and what licensing it would involve. Answer the same five, describing the capability instead of a patent.
What a consultation is
A scheduled call with the adviser best suited to your technology, followed by a short written summary: what we think the commercial route is, who the plausible counterparties are, and what would have to be true for a licence to happen. Scope, fee and deliverable are confirmed in writing before you book. It is an assessment, not a promise of a licensee.
Initial enquiries are free. If a consultation would be useful, we will explain its scope, fee and what you will receive before you book.