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How AI is impacting IP strategy in Advanced Materials
Matthew Smith - April 17, 2025

How AI is impacting IP strategy in Advanced Materials

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in chemical exploration is ...

Mewburn Ellis is proud to have co-hosted the London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024!
Matthew Smith - October 11, 2024

Mewburn Ellis is proud to have co-hosted the London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024!

This week, we were proud to welcome 14 Japanese Patent Attorneys from various companies in Japan as ...

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to co-host London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024!
Matthew Smith - September 19, 2024

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to co-host London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024!

We are looking forward to co-hosting the London week of the JIPA F4 Course (European patent ...

Trends in Graphene IP – a refresh
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Trends in Graphene IP – a refresh

Last year, we delved into the data to see how the number of patent publications coming out had ...

Meet Ava Garside, teenage graphene innovator
Matthew Smith - June 12, 2023

Meet Ava Garside, teenage graphene innovator

Ava Garside first created her pollution sensor badge aged 12. Now she's pushing the boundaries of ...

Graphene: patenting a wonder material
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Graphene: patenting a wonder material

Our Special Report Graphene: patenting a wonder material examines graphene-related patent ...

Supercrystals
Matthew Smith - September 13, 2022

Supercrystals

A new process allows for the creation of conductive nanocrystals, offering an extraordinarily wide ...

Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2022
Jacqueline Murphy - June 20, 2022

Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2022

We are delighted to once again be ranked Tier 1 for Patent Prosecution UK in MIP IP STARS 2022.

Podcast with James Baker: Graphene at the GEIC — the material creating a better, more sustainable future
Matthew Smith - December 8, 2021

Podcast with James Baker: Graphene at the GEIC — the material creating a better, more sustainable future

James Baker, CEO of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, joins Forward Editor Caitlin ...

Proud partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) for a 3rd year
Jacqueline Murphy - July 27, 2021

Proud partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) for a 3rd year

We are proud and excited to be entering our third year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...

Green graphene - graphene from waste
Matthew Smith - July 14, 2021

Green graphene - graphene from waste

As the demand for graphene continues to increase, so does the desire to provide it in large ...

Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2021
Jacqueline Murphy - June 17, 2021

Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2021

We are delighted to be ranked Tier 1 for Patent Prosecution UK in MIP IP STARS 2021. As one of only ...

Meet the material: liquid crystal elastomer
Matthew Smith - January 15, 2021

Meet the material: liquid crystal elastomer

A team at Rice University has developed a morphing material with much more than biomedical ...

The UK Patent Box - is it delivering?
Matthew Smith - October 13, 2020

The UK Patent Box - is it delivering?

Patent Box legislation has been very much in vogue over the last few years. At their heart, such ...

Graphene: Patently clear
Matthew Smith - July 23, 2020

Graphene: Patently clear

How is graphene contributing to the sustainability agenda? Matthew Smith highlights some recent ...

Edge of discovery
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Edge of discovery

New research into graphitic carbon nitride has brought a solution to water scarcity a step closer ...

Proud Partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC)
Jacqueline Murphy - January 23, 2020

Proud Partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC)

We are proud and excited to be starting our second year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...

Graphene Composites: 5 things we can learn from the IP data
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Graphene Composites: 5 things we can learn from the IP data

The European Patent Office (EPO) recently released some initial data about patenting activity in ...

Graphene Hackathon
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Graphene Hackathon

16-17 November 2019 saw a momentous occasion: innovators, creators and thinkers came together for ...

Strict and inflexible: material claims at the EPO
Matthew Smith - September 24, 2019

Strict and inflexible: material claims at the EPO

Innovators in advanced materials can face an uphill struggle to get suitable patent protection at ...

Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability
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Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability

Theoretically, at least, graphene can be produced from any carbon source. While the pursuit of ...

Hydrogen: the storage question
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Hydrogen: the storage question

There’s a lot to like about hydrogen. It’s light; it’s abundant (at least atomically - water and ...

Advanced materials: game-changing graphene
Matthew Smith - March 28, 2019

Advanced materials: game-changing graphene

In the 15 years since Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov isolated and discovered ...

Building an IP portfolio: Nine tips for success
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Building an IP portfolio: Nine tips for success

Companies need to think carefully about how they protect, manage and leverage the various ...

Development in the war on superbugs
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Development in the war on superbugs

The spread of antibiotic-resistant infections is one of the most serious threats in modern ...

Graphene: a whole new '2D world'
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Graphene: a whole new '2D world'

Graphene has been heralded as a game changer in the research and development of new materials since ...

JIPA 2018 European Seminar
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JIPA 2018 European Seminar

The Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) has been promoting fair and effective ...

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