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Karen Bentley
- Principal, Melbourne, Singapore | BAppSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7338
- karen.bentley@fpapatents.com
Karen’s focus: biotechnology, food technology, pharmaceutical, agricultural and life sciences.
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Chris Bird
- Principal, Melbourne | BA (EngSci), MSc (Intellectual Property)
- +61 3 8662 7311
- chris.bird@fpapatents.com
Chris’ focus: computer science and engineering disciplines.
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Carol Burnton
- Principal, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM, Dip PC Form
- +61 3 8662 7312
- carol.burnton@fpapatents.com
Carol’s focus: pharmaceuticals, MedTech, diagnostics, food technology, cosmetics and biofuels.
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Akanksha Dahiya
- Principal, Sydney | BEng (Elec & Telecom), MEng (Telecom), MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3902
- akanksha.dahiya@fpapatents.com
Akanksha’s focus: electronics, telecommunications, and software engineering technologies.
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Adam Denley
- Principal, Melbourne | BBiotech (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7302
- adam.denley@fpapatents.com
Adam’s focus: biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields.
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John Dower
- Principal, Sydney | BSc (Elec Eng), BProc
- +61 2 8267 3907
- john.dower@fpapatents.com
John's focus: electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and power electronics inventions.
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Carl Harrap
- Principal, Sydney | BE(Hons)(Elec), MEM, LLB
- +61 2 8267 3904
- carl.harrap@fpapatents.com
Carl’s focus: design and utility patents.
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Tracey Hendy
- Principal, Melbourne | BE (Manufacturing & Materials)
- +61 3 8662 7357
- tracey.hendy@fpapatents.com
Tracey's focus: complex mechanical arts and medical devices.
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Stuart Irvine
- Principal, Sydney | BSc, LLB, LLM
- +61 2 8267 3908
- stuart.irvine@fpapatents.com
Stuart’s focus: computer-implemented inventions, information and communications technology, consumer products and designs.
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Nicholas Lakatos
- Principal, Sydney | BEng (Telecom)(Hons), BCom, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3918
- nicholas.lakatos@fpapatents.com
Nicholas’ focus: telecommunications, software, information and communications technology and electrical engineering-related inventions.
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Desmond Tan
- Principal, Singapore | BEng (Hons)
- +65 6956 9943
- desmond.tan@fpapatents.com.sg
Desmond's focus: engineering, clean energy technology, computing and telecommunications, and medical technology.
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Grant Jacobsen
- Consultant, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7356
- grant.jacobsen@fpapatents.com
Grant’s focus: hydrogen production and battery technology, composite materials, polymers, chemical formulations, chemical processes, and food technology.
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Danny Gelman
- Associate Principal, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7310
- danny.gelman@fpapatents.com
Danny’s focus: chemistry, pharmaceutical, veterinary and agrochemical.
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Sarah Hennebry
- Associate Principal, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), BA, PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7353
- sarah.hennebry@fpapatents.com
Sarah’s focus: biotechnology, pharmaceutical, in vitro diagnostics and agricultural sectors.
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Alister McCowan
- Associate Principal, Sydney | BE(Mech)(Hons), LLB, EQE, GDLP, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3903
- alister.mccowan@fpapatents.com
Alister's focus: mechanical engineering and manufacturing.
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Emma van Embden
- Associate Principal, Melbourne | BA, BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7322
- emma.vanembden@fpapatents.com
Emma’s focus: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, materials science and chemistry.
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Robbie Boukarroum
- Senior Associate, Melbourne | BComm, MEng, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7351
- robbie.boukarroum@fpapatents.com
Robbie’s focus: mechanical arts, physics and computer implemented inventions and MedTech.
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David Kark
- Senior Associate, Sydney | BE (Hons), MEngSc, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3917
- david.kark@fpapatents.com
David’s focus: renewable energy and electrical power systems.
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Elyse Schinella
- Senior Associate, Sydney | BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3905
- elyse.schinella@fpapatents.com
Elyse’s focus: mining, space science, computer science and engineering.
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Dean Bradley
- Associate, Sydney | BEng (Elec), BBus, BSc IT, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3910
- dean.bradley@fpapatents.com
Dean's focus: electrical, computing and information communication technologies.
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Harriet Keenan
- Associate, Melbourne | BSc Adv (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7300
- harriet.keenan@fpapatents.com
Harriet’s focus: immunology, molecular genetics, diagnostics, therapeutic delivery systems, microbiology, haematology, regenerative medicine and cellular agriculture.
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Amie Khosla
- Associate, Sydney | BA/BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 2 8267 3906
- amie.khosla@fpapatents.com
Amie’s focus: electronic and electrical engineering, energy, physics, quantum computing, AI and machine learning.
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Julie Murison
- Associate, Melbourne | BS (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7352
- julie.murison@fpapatents.com
Julie’s focus: agrochemistry, petrochemistry, materials chemistry and industrial chemistry.
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Thomas Ware
- Associate, Melbourne | BSc, MSc, PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7326
- thomas.ware@fpapatents.com
Thomas’ focus: gene therapy, molecular and cancer biology, cancer immunotherapy, gene silencing and RNA interference technology, infectious diseases, viral vectors, and blood serum diagnostics.
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Rohan Williams
- Associate, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7369
- rohan.williams@fpapatents.com
Rohan’s focus: organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals and food science.
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Martina Barbiero
- Patent Attorney, Melbourne | MEng, PhD, MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7324
- martina.barbiero@fpapatents.com
Martina's focus: medical technology.
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Angus McNab
- Patent Attorney, Melbourne | BEng (Mech) (Hons), MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7334
- angus.mcnab@fpapatents.com
Angus’ focus: food, beverages and FMCG, mechanical engineering and manufacturing, consumer product and design.
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Damian Che
- Patent Engineer, Sydney | BSc (CS), BSc (Phys)
- +61 2 8267 3921
- damian.che@fpapatents.com
Damian's focus: computer-implemented inventions, information and communications technology.
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Lap Hing (Leo) Chi
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD
- +61 3 8662 7370
- leo.chi@fpapatents.com
Leo's focus: biochemistry, molecular biology, cancer biology and models, gene-editing technologies, immunology, epigenetics, dermatology, and bioinformatics.
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Beatrice Chiew
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD
- +61 3 8662 7382
- beatrice.chiew@fpapatents.com
Beatrice's focus: medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry and pharmacology and formulation science.
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Andrew Foers
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD
- +61 3 8662 7300
- andrew.foers@fpapatents.com
Andrew's focus: immunology, bioinformatics and in vitro diagnostics.
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Marie-Claire Giel
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | MSc (Hons), PhD
- +61 3 8662 7340
- marie-claire.giel@fpapatents.com
Marie-Claire's focus: organic and medicinal chemistry and pharmaceuticals.
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Dafydd Jones
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | MChem, PhD
- +61 3 8662 7313
- dafydd.jones@fpapatents.com
Dafydd’s focus: synthetic chemistry technologies.
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Shaahin Madani
- Patent Engineer, Melbourne | PhD (Computer Science), MAppSc (IT), MIP Law
- +61 3 8662 7303
- shaahin.madani@fpapatents.com
Shaahin’s focus: cybersecurity of networked and distributed systems.
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Alex Wong
- Patent Scientist, Melbourne | BSc (Hons), PhD
- +61 3 8662 7337
- alex.wong@fpapatents.com
Alex’s focus: biotechnology, including biochemistry, molecular biology, protein biology, molecular genetics, cell biology, transcriptomics, immunology, and infectious diseases.
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