Abel & Imray
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| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Law |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Headquarters | London, Bath, Cardiff |
| Products | Legal advice |
Number of employees | 70 |
| Website | www.patentable.co.uk |
Abel & Imray is a United Kingdom firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, with offices in London, Bath, and Cardiff, with a small presence in Munich[1][2][3]. It was founded in 1871 by Charles Denton Abel and John Imray[4], which makes it one of the oldest patent and trade mark attorney firms in the UK still trading under its original name. John Imray and Charles Abel were amongst those individuals who set up CIPA (the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys) in 1891 and were, respectively, the second and sixth Presidents of CIPA.
First 100 Years of Partnerships
1871 - 1877: C D Abel & J Imray
1877 - 1899: C D Abel, J Imray & O Imray
1899 - 1902: C D Abel, J Imray, O Imray & A G Bloxham
1903 - 1906: C D Abel, O Imray & A G Bloxham
1906 - 1919: O Imray, A G Bloxham & T Shields
1920 - 1921: O Imray, A G Bloxham, T Shields, O Y Imray, J W Waghorn & A Hicks
1921 - 1924: A G Bloxham, T Shields, O Y Imray, J W Waghorn & A Hicks
1924 - 1929: A G Bloxham, T Shields, O Y Imray, J W Waghorn & W W Groves
1930 - 1932: A G Bloxham, T Shields, W W Groves, F M Leighton, J W Waghorn & H W Waghorn
1932 - 1935: A G Bloxham, T Shields, W W Groves, F M Leighton & H W Waghorn
1935 - 1939: A G Bloxham, W W Groves, F M Leighton & H W Waghorn
1940 - 1945: W W Groves, F M Leighton & H W Waghorn
1945 - 1949: W W Groves & H W Waghorn
1950 - 1952: H W Waghorn, A J S Evans & O W Jaques
1952 - 1960: A J S Evans, O W Jaques, F J Bubb & V J L Fry
1960 - 1969: A J S Evans, O W Jaques, F J Bubb, V J L Fry, H J Pike, J M Taylor & A M Dowler
1970 - 1971: O W Jaques, F J Bubb, V J L Fry, H J Pike, J M Taylor & A M Dowler
Information provided by Abel & Imray's "1871-1971" centenary brochure[4]
External links
References
- ^ Website of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys - http://www.itma.org.uk/profiles/abel_&_imray
- ^ List of law firms from European Patent Office - http://www.epo.org/topics/ip-webguide/lawfirms.html#u1
- ^ List of UK Patent Attorneys - http://www.cipa.org.uk/download_files/Register.pdf
- ^ a b Abel & Imray "1871-1971" centenary brochure