Graphene: Intellectual Property
(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what investment has he made in investing in UK intellectual property within the graphene industry.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Advanced Materials is a frontier sector in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.
As announced in the Industrial Strategy, Government is funding the National Materials Innovation Programme, with the aim to drive translation and adoption of materials across key industrial sectors, building on previous support for R&D through the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) and the Henry Royce Institute.
The UK Intellectual Property Office supports innovators through a world-leading intellectual property framework that helps businesses protect and commercialise their IP.