
John Kensett
Partner, Patents
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Electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent the cutting edge of the automotive industry, combining advances in energy storage, computing, and sensing. By protecting your own innovations, patents can help you to put out improved products and defend your market share.

Patents can protect the core innovations that make EVs and AVs possible. For EVs, this includes, for example, battery technology (chemistry, thermal management), electric drivetrain components (motors, power electronics), charging systems, and vehicle architectures optimized for electric propulsion. For AVs, key areas include, for example, sensor technology (Lidar, radar, camera systems), vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, and the AI/software for perception, decision-making, and control.
Everyone from traditional car manufacturers to start up technology companies are racing to develop these technologies, and patents give innovators like you exclusive rights to your inventions, which can translate into a competitive advantage in performance, cost, or safety, or otherwise into revenue income if you choose to licence your technologies.
At Dolleymores, our experienced patent attorneys have technical backgrounds spanning many fields of physics and engineering, and are able to combine technical and legal understanding to secure the best possible protection for your inventions. A few examples of the technology areas we have worked in include:
To discuss the best strategies for protecting your electronic and/or autonomous vehicle inventions, please feel free to get in touch with one of our expert patent attorneys.
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Dolleymores is a firm of leading IP specialists ready to assist with a diverse range of IP matters, across many sectors. Working across the UK and internationally, our IP attorneys are equipped to help you protect your innovations, time and creativity now and for the future.
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