Mrs Ellie Purnell

G3/19: An end to the saga…

G3/19: A further Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on Plants Produced by Essentially Biological Processes

G3/19: A Further Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on Plants Produced by Essentially Biological Processes

Compulsory licences: the key to accessing inventions in the face of coronavirus?

A look at the WIPO coronavirus tools

IP considerations in COVID-19 vaccine development: tensions and tools

How a platform technology patent list can expedite covid-19 vaccine research

The Patent Landscape Behind COVID-19 Vaccines

Conferences: 2022

September 22nd 2022

BioCap Conference 2022

Attended

Conferences: 2021

July 2nd 2021

G1/21 hearing at the EPO - July

Attended

January 7th 2021

iBioIC

Attended

Conferences: 2020

November 4th 2020

Bionow Oncology Conference 2020

Attended

CSR

Ellie regularly holds tutorials for trainees within HGF, and has acted as an ongoing mentor for those trainees taking UK finals examinations.

She has also recently acted as a CIPA designated mentor for candidates re-taking the UK law exam (FD1).

In the past, Ellie held the position of the Northern Informals Secretary for several years organising social and educational events for trainees across the North of England, including organising and implementing a series of tutorials with tutors from different firms.

Event - 8th-9th February 2023

5th Annual Microbiome & Probiotic Conference 2023

The 5th Annual MarketsandMarkets Next Gen Microbiome and Probiotics Conference will take place in San Diego on the 8th-9th of February. This conference will enable you to learn about microbial …

Event - 17th January 2023

CIPA Webinar: Enhancing Diversity in the Patent Profession How Can I Help

CIPA hosted a webinar to discuss ‘Enhancing diversity in the patent profession.’ Date Tuesday 17 January, 2023 Time 12.30pm – 1.30pm (GMT) Equity, diversity and inclusion has been in the …

LiDAR: A Significant Support Technology at CES

When visiting CES’ one thing that struck me was the number of companies demonstrating LiDAR technology. LiDAR has been around since the 1960s and was originally developed for aerospace use, …

Healthcare and Climate Change

Can we find a balance between intellectual property rights and public health needs when tackling the climate crisis? “The world faces a critical juncture. A health-centred, aligned response to the …

Navigating the CRISPR IP confusion

It is just over 10 years since the Science publication of Jinek et al. showed for the first time that DNA cleavage could be achieved in vitro with a Cas9 …

CRISPR Edited T cells win the TvT Battle

T-cells which have been modified using CRISPR base editing technology have been successfully used to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for the first time {1}. A 13 year old patient …

Dot Inc, the accessible future and more: health tech highlights coming to CES 2023

The countdown is on for CES 2023. Taking place in Las Vegas in the first week of January each year, CES sets the global stage for innovation in the tech …

Can AI replace patent attorneys?

OpenAI recently released a dialogue-based AI chatbot called ChatGPT, which is free for anyone to try out. You can try it here (https://chat.openai.com/chat). It’s been shown that it can set, …