IP Strategy & Intelligence · Oxford, UK

Turning innovation into intellectual advantage.

We help the world's leading FMCG and CPG companies protect what they create, outwit competitors, and extract maximum commercial value from their IP, backed by 25+ years of real in-house experience.

Clients include
Top-five global FMCG company
World's largest brewer
Global dairy & nutrition leader
Fortune 500 packaging manufacturer
25+
Years in-house FMCG & CPG experience
$300K
Annual savings delivered, one client
6 months
Ahead of a major competitor launch
9
Patent families as named inventor
01
We've sat in your chair

Our advice comes from decades leading innovation and IP strategy from inside global organisations, not from the outside looking in. We know the pressures, the politics, and what it takes to get a strategy implemented.

02
We don't just protect. We position.

Great IP strategy is more than defensive. We use patents, competitive intelligence, and market insights to help you move first, lock in differentiation, and keep rivals playing catch-up.

03
AI-augmented. Human-led.

We build and deploy proprietary tools, from automated patent monitoring to interactive competitive intelligence dashboards, so your team gets faster insights, greater depth, and outputs they can act on immediately.

What we do
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Search & Intelligence
Freedom to Operate · Landscape · State of the Art

Rigorous, actionable intelligence, always delivered with a clear "So what? Now what?" conclusion, including live interactive dashboards your team can explore directly.

Competitor Intelligence
Predict moves before they happen

We design and operate competitor intelligence functions, from patent monitoring to strategic early-warning systems, that give you the intelligence advantage.

IP Strategy & Protection
Aligned with commercial goals, not just legal compliance

Patent filing strategy, trademark portfolio management, and IP frameworks built around what your business is actually trying to achieve.

IPMAAS™
Senior IP expertise, on demand

For organisations with lean IP teams or growing portfolios, flexible on-demand access to the kind of expertise that usually requires a full in-house hire.

Real results
$300K
Annual savings · Fortune 500 packaging
Transforming IP Operations for a Global Packaging Leader

Delivered $300K in annual savings, neutralised a multi-million dollar infringement threat, and established IP as a strategic business driver for a manufacturer operating across 40+ countries.

6 months
Advance notice · Global food & beverage
Building Strategic Intelligence for a $10B+ Manufacturer

Predicted a major competitor product launch six months in advance and closed the R&D to commercial intelligence gap for one of the world's largest food and beverage companies.

Led by practitioners, not generalists.

SCR Innovation was founded by Simon Carr, a former VP-level innovation and IP leader with 25+ years of in-house experience at global FMCG and CPG companies. Our advice works in the real world because we've lived the real world.

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Simon Carr
Founder & CEO · SCR Innovation Ltd
VP-level innovation & IP, global FMCG and packaging leaders
Named inventor on 9 patent families
PGDip Strategy & Innovation, Saïd Business School, Oxford
First Response volunteer, St. Mungo's homeless charity
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