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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2025
Joanna Smith - June 3, 2025

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2025

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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2024
Joanna Smith - June 10, 2024

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2024

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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2023
Joanna Smith - July 4, 2023

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2023

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Femtech: a growth industry - new special report

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Come and join us for a ‘Celebration of all things Singapore’

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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2022
Jacqueline Murphy - July 4, 2022

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2022

We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021
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IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021

We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...

Podcast with Dave Rigg, COO, Bombora: The power of wave energy
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Podcast with Dave Rigg, COO, Bombora: The power of wave energy

We speak to Dave Rigg, Chief Operating Officer at Bombora, a marine energy provider that is in the ...

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“Test, test, test” – the importance of diagnostics in pandemic preparedness

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Ocean Energy - out of the blue
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Indian Patent Office adopts the Patent Prosecution Highway programme

Recently, the Indian Union Cabinet approved a proposal for the Indian Patent Office (IPO) to adopt ...

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