ESOI operates an IP and patent facilitation function designed to protect and commercialise energy innovations across materials, storage, hydrogen processes, grid software, reactor components, efficiency technologies, and clean-fuel pathways. The service builds foundational capability through patent literacy programmes and structured guidance on how to translate research outputs into defensible claims. ESOI supports prior-art searches and freedom-to-operate assessments, helping innovators understand novelty, avoid infringement risks, and plan product pathways early.

To improve execution quality, ESOI coordinates patent drafting and filing assistance through empanelled experts and provides guidance on global protection strategies, including PCT routes and jurisdiction prioritisation. Beyond filing, ESOI enables market-facing commercialisation by maintaining a vetted marketplace of patents and know-how, supporting valuation, licensing discussions, and technology-transfer arrangements with industry partners. Where appropriate, ESOI explores shared-IP mechanisms such as patent pools or standard-essential frameworks  to accelerate adoption while safeguarding inventor rights.