The Team
The ip21 team consists of hand-picked, well-qualified and experienced patent and trademark attorneys, assistants and support staff. The attorneys employed by the company cover a full range of academic disciplines and all have a science or engineering degree, plus the professional qualifications appropriate to their role.
William Jones
CPA, EPA, RTMA, FIILP. BSc
Chairman and Head of Professional Services.
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering and a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years experience in the patent and trademark profession. He founded ip21 with John Williams in 2000 after successfully starting and running his own practice in Norwich and York, which he successfully sold in 1997 to a pan-european IP group. He has lectured in Intellectual Property Law and on the CIPA/TMPDF Core Skills course for Trainee Patent Attorneys and is chairman of the CIPA textbook and publications committee. He is also a Fellow of the International Institute of Licensing Practitioners.
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Ian Bishop
CPA, EPA, M.Eng, MSc (IP)
Director and Patent Attorney.
Ian is a graduate engineer from Sheffield University and Ruhr Universität Germany. He worked at Ford in Germany and a leading French patent practice before joining ip21 in 2001. He is fluent in French, German & Spanish and has extensive experience working in the materials science and structural engineering groups of the automotive industry.
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Noel Murphy
Adviser to Chairman.
A professionally qualified businessman and entrepreneur with more than 25 years experience working at the most senior levels in business across the United Kingdom and Europe. Noel has worked as the Executive Director for London Enterprise, National Executive Director for Reed Business Services – Reed Executive PLC, Chief Executive of Business Link Norfolk, Chief Executive of Primum Group Limited and as the Business Director for Baker Tilly LLP.
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Dr Suleman Ali
BA (Biochem) (Oxon) DPhil (Oxon) CPA EPA
Senior Patent Attorney
Suleman is a qualified European and United Kingdom (Chartered) Patent Attorney. He started patent work in 1996, and spent 13 years at J.A. Kemp & Co. in London, rising to partner level. His work was primarily in the biotech and medical fields. He has extensive experience in all aspects of patent practice including drafting new patent applications, patent prosecution in many different jurisdictions and European opposition and appeal proceedings. He is familiar with the key issues involved in obtaining patent protection in Europe, the United States and the UK. He has experience in litigation work in the United Kingdom and worked on Eli Lilly vs HGS in the United Kingdom as well as advising on the counterpart opposition proceedings before the EPO. He has handled cases in the genomics, vaccine, immunology and diagnostics areas. He has worked with foreign patent attorneys advising on European and UK patent practice. He has also worked directly with small and medium sized European companies and UK universities advising on patent strategy. His clients have included GSK, Imperial Cancer Research and Isis Innovation (the technology transfer arm of Oxford University). Suleman has a DPhil from Oxford University on the genetics of the immune response to HIV.
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Dr Adam Warwick Bell
BSc DPhil (Oxon) JD (of Counsel)
Senior Patent Attorney.
Adam holds a doctorate (D.Phil.) in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford (1994). He received his law degree from The University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco (1997). He practiced patent law with the Oregon firm of Klarquist Sparkman et al., and subsequently served as patent counsel at Incyte Genomics, and Durect Corporation (a medical devices company). Dr. Bell has served as scientific advisor to two biotech equity funds and currently serves as an advisor to Davis Bioscience Group and Nutragenomics Inc. From 1999-2001 he served on the board and as corporate secretary for the USPTO’s Patent and Trademark Depository Library in California. He also teaches patent administration. Dr. Bell is admitted to practice law in California and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Paul Harrison
EPA CChem MRSC
European Patent Attorney
Paul is the most recent recruit to ip21 joining in October 2011. A graduate chemist of Swansea University, he spent 13 years as a Research Chemist working in a large Industrial Research and Development Department. This included 2 years seconded to the labs of a German sister company. During this time he specialised in the development of new and stable peroxyacid compounds and formulations. Transferring to the in-house patents department he gained a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary College, London before moving to a European-based private practice and qualifying as a European Patent Attorney. Paul advises in a wide range of disciplines and has clients from the chemical, oil and engineering sector as well as software firms.
Oliver Harris
EPA, Cert. IP, PhD, MBiochem (Oxon)
European Patent Attorney.
Oliver graduated from the University of Oxford with a Masters Degree in Biochemistry. He then gained a PhD in Cell Biology at Cancer Research UK (London) under the supervision of Nobel Laureate, Sir Paul Nurse. He worked as a Health Research Reviewer and an Internet Research Consultant before entering the patent profession, initially with a London-based private practice. Oliver is a European Patent Attorney and holds a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law with Distinction from Queen Mary College London. He joined ip21 in 2010 and handles a range of subject matter, though specialising in biotechnology and chemistry, particularly in the fields of molecular biology, plant science, agrochemicals and immunology.
Debra Hiddleston
RTMA, BA
Trade Mark Attorney.
Debra graduated in 1988 from Middlesex University gaining a BA (Hons) in Music and English Literature. She has worked in Intellectual property since 1992 gaining a wide range of experience covering both corporate and private practice. Debra is based in our London Office and joined ip21 in January 2008 to strengthen the team in response to growing demand for our services in the Trade Mark field.
Christopher Aldridge
CPA, Cert IP, BSc (Physics)
Patent Attorney.
Chris graduated from Leeds University with a BSc in Physics in 2002. He then worked in a private practice based in London and gained the Certificate in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary College London. He joined ip21 in February 2008 and is based in our London office.
Jeffrey Morris
Cert IP, MSc (Comp. Sci.), B. Eng (Elect. Eng.)
Patent Specialist.
Jeff spent three years with Marconi Communication as a Software Design Engineer. Here he was responsible for the development of embedded software for Photonic (Optical) Metropolitan Communication and Data Network Systems. He joined ip21 in 2003 to train as a patent attorney.
Jonathan Perlmutter
CertIP, BVC, PGdipLS, BA
Patent Specialist.
Jonathan was called to the Bar in 2005, having previously attained a first class degree from Durham University. During his legal studies, he was awarded the James Bushell memorial scholarship and the Hardwicke award by Lincoln’s Inn. Since joining ip21 in 2006 he has attained the Certificate in Intellectual Property from Queen Mary College, London. Jonathan has a particular interest in design rights and the licensing of intellectual property assets.
Melanie Harvey
MSc. BEng (Electronic Engineering)
European Trade Mark Attorney.
Melanie was trained initially at the MOD. She has worked in a wide variety of engineering and electrical engineering applications concerning radar and weapons systems. She has also written a number of published papers on mobile robots. She joined ip21 in 2002 from another private practice and has worked in both the patent and trademark departments.
Alan Eklid
SFEDI accredited
Business Advice Consultant.
A metallurgist by profession Alan joined the Design Council in 1990 as National Materials & Design Adviser. He became Design and Innovation Counsellor for Business Link in 1998 prior to joining ip21 in 2001.
Richard Jones
Business Development Team
Richard joined ip21 in 2011 as part of the Business Development Team. His role is to offer support and advice to new and existing clients on how they can use intellectual property in a beneficial way. He is always happy to be contacted regarding any issues relating to intellectual property.
Michelle Yeomans
BA (Hons)
Formalities Officer.
Michelle graduated from Anglia Polytechnic University in 2001 with a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. Since joining the Formalities team in 2008, she has gained the Certificate in Patent Administration, with distinction, from the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).
For help and advice on any of the areas mentioned above, please get in touch:
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 1603 457008
- Facsimile:
- +44 (0) 1603 432527
- Email:
- info@ip21.co.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 203 3271310
- Facsimile:
- +44 (0) 207 2363541
- Email:
- info@ip21.co.uk
