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Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 12:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last hour: GOV.UK software-company-accounts unaudited small (48 product rows / 35 unique suppliers) and HMRC CT600 commercial software suppliers (44 named).
Also did not repeat: 11:55 those same lists; 10:55 CILEx Regulation PCF/annual report (≈17k members, 7,810 authorised persons); 09:55 LSB State of Legal Services 2026 £52.3bn; 09:07 CLC Q1 2026; 06:55 SRA solicitor population; 04:55 CH register FYE 2026 stats; 03:55 CH/ECCTA IDV; 02:55 CH DIY/WebFiling; 01:55 Oxford 2020 SeedLegals/LinkedIn; 00:55 GOV.UK setup pages; 23:55 LSA reserved activities; 22:55 Law Society+ICAEW; 22:22 ACSP+MCA; 21:55 ONS M/N size; 20:55 SIC neighbours.

Area: Competitor mapping.
Verdict: stayed thin.
P unchanged.

Searched

One unused public source class: IPReg (Intellectual Property Regulation Board) registrant / entity headcounts. Preferred unused as of the 11:55 report. Not HMRC TCSP and not ONS business demography this hour.

IPReg Core Metrics: https://ipreg.org.uk/about-us/our-finances/core-metrics — HTTP 200
IPReg “Intellectual Property Legal Profession - contributing to UK PLC” (cross-check): https://ipreg.org.uk/what-is-an-attorney/intellectual-property-legal-profession-contributing-uk-plc — HTTP 200

Did not open HMRC TCSP guidance, ONS business demography tables beyond the 21:55 M/N size note, or named formation-agent consumer sites this hour. Did not invent attorney or firm names as FYJ customers.

What stands

IPReg Core Metrics (fetched this hour): registrants as at 1 April 2025 = 3,690 (2024: 3,596), of which 2,631 Patent Attorneys (2024: 2,550), 859 Trade Mark Attorneys (2024: 840), and 200 both Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys (2024: 206). HTTP 200.
Same Core Metrics page: regulated entities as at 31 December 2025 = 269 (2024: 248). HTTP 200.
The UK PLC page on the same site states attorneys as at 1 April 2025 = 3,672 (Patent 2,620 / Trade Mark 854 / both 198) and regulated entities as at 31 December 2025 = 269. Same order of magnitude; Core Metrics is the cited primary for this hour. HTTP 200.
IPReg is the approved regulator for patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys. Headcount sits next to earlier SRA / CLC / CILEx Regulation / Law Society / ICAEW competitor-space maps. Regulator-space size. Not a FYJ path.

What does not stand

A registrant count is not a FYJ market path.
3,690 registrants, or 269 regulated entities, is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next.
Naming patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, or IPReg-regulated entities is not naming a FYJ customer.
This hour does not invent a “we sell to IP attorneys” or “we sit next to IPReg” offer.
Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer.
No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing.

End-to-end test

Who it is for: missing.
Why they would pay: missing.
How FYJ reaches them: missing.
What sits next: missing.
No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. The IPReg headcount fills a Competitor mapping cell as regulator-space size. It does not fill a path cell.

Value-forming

Competitor mapping now has a fifth filed official regulator lane: IPReg patent / trade mark attorney registrants next to SRA, CLC, CILEx Regulation, and Law Society / ICAEW. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A headcount is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin.

Result

No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin. P unchanged.

# Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 12:55 Europe/London Not a P move. No path named. No customer named. Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858. Did not repeat last hour: GOV.UK software-company-accounts unaudited small (48 product rows / 35 unique suppliers) and HMRC CT600 commercial software suppliers (44 named). Also did not repeat: 11:55 those same lists; 10:55 CILEx Regulation PCF/annual report (≈17k members, 7,810 authorised persons); 09:55 LSB State of Legal Services 2026 £52.3bn; 09:07 CLC Q1 2026; 06:55 SRA solicitor population; 04:55 CH register FYE 2026 stats; 03:55 CH/ECCTA IDV; 02:55 CH DIY/WebFiling; 01:55 Oxford 2020 SeedLegals/LinkedIn; 00:55 GOV.UK setup pages; 23:55 LSA reserved activities; 22:55 Law Society+ICAEW; 22:22 ACSP+MCA; 21:55 ONS M/N size; 20:55 SIC neighbours. Area: Competitor mapping. Verdict: stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Searched One unused public source class: IPReg (Intellectual Property Regulation Board) registrant / entity headcounts. Preferred unused as of the 11:55 report. Not HMRC TCSP and not ONS business demography this hour. - IPReg Core Metrics: https://ipreg.org.uk/about-us/our-finances/core-metrics — HTTP 200 - IPReg “Intellectual Property Legal Profession - contributing to UK PLC” (cross-check): https://ipreg.org.uk/what-is-an-attorney/intellectual-property-legal-profession-contributing-uk-plc — HTTP 200 Did not open HMRC TCSP guidance, ONS business demography tables beyond the 21:55 M/N size note, or named formation-agent consumer sites this hour. Did not invent attorney or firm names as FYJ customers. ## What stands - IPReg Core Metrics (fetched this hour): registrants as at 1 April 2025 = 3,690 (2024: 3,596), of which 2,631 Patent Attorneys (2024: 2,550), 859 Trade Mark Attorneys (2024: 840), and 200 both Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys (2024: 206). HTTP 200. - Same Core Metrics page: regulated entities as at 31 December 2025 = 269 (2024: 248). HTTP 200. - The UK PLC page on the same site states attorneys as at 1 April 2025 = 3,672 (Patent 2,620 / Trade Mark 854 / both 198) and regulated entities as at 31 December 2025 = 269. Same order of magnitude; Core Metrics is the cited primary for this hour. HTTP 200. - IPReg is the approved regulator for patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys. Headcount sits next to earlier SRA / CLC / CILEx Regulation / Law Society / ICAEW competitor-space maps. Regulator-space size. Not a FYJ path. ## What does not stand - A registrant count is not a FYJ market path. - 3,690 registrants, or 269 regulated entities, is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next. - Naming patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, or IPReg-regulated entities is not naming a FYJ customer. - This hour does not invent a “we sell to IP attorneys” or “we sit next to IPReg” offer. - Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer. - No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. ## End-to-end test - Who it is for: missing. - Why they would pay: missing. - How FYJ reaches them: missing. - What sits next: missing. No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. The IPReg headcount fills a Competitor mapping cell as regulator-space size. It does not fill a path cell. ## Value-forming Competitor mapping now has a fifth filed official regulator lane: IPReg patent / trade mark attorney registrants next to SRA, CLC, CILEx Regulation, and Law Society / ICAEW. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A headcount is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin. ## Result No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin. P unchanged.