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Group members
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Partner
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Mark is the biotechnology group partner in the Sydney office of FB Rice, and joined the partnership in 2002. Mark has particular interest in strategic planning, due diligence, infringement and pre-litigation matters, especially in relation to vaccine, diagnostics, therapeutics and agribusiness.
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Partner
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Jenny has extensive experience in managing international patent portfolios, including strategic planning, providing due diligence and infringement and patentability advice, and coordinating opposition and litigation proceedings.
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Partner
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Ian prepares and prosecutes patent applications internationally, evaluates the external patent landscape and intellectual property positions of competitors, conducts complex patent invalidity, infringement, due diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses.
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Senior Associate
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Karin is a qualified patent and trade mark attorney and Senior Associate with FB Rice. She registered as a patent attorney in 2002 and joined the firm in 2007 after working for the patent attorney practices in two large Australian law firms.
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Senior Associate
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Patrick has experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in major industrial jurisdictions, providing patentability advice and advising on freedom-to-operate and patent landscapes.
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Associate
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Tony has experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications and conducts patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement studies and analyses.
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Attorney
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Danielle graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BSc (Hons) majoring in Biochemistry and Immunology. She was awarded the Australian Society for Microbiology 3rd Year Prize, the Exhibition Prize for Microbiology and the Peter J Doos Award.
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Attorney
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Emma graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a first class BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry and was awarded the Qiagen Prize for graduating top in her year. She then completed a PhD within the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Dundee, where her work involved studying the structure and function of enzyme drug targets within the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
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Attorney
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Simon prepares patent specifications, and prosecutes patent applications before the intellectual property offices of Australia and New Zealand, and coordinates prosecution matters in other jurisdictions.
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Overseas Qualified Attorney
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Steve has qualified as a UK and European Patent Attorney and has over 6 years' experience working at a consistently ranked top tier London firm of European and Chartered Patent attorneys. He has successfully procured patent protection for a range of clients including large multinationals, UK universities and associated spin-offs, and SMEs.
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Trainee Attorney
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Lee is a Trainee Patent Attorney in the Sydney Biotechnology team, who joined FB Rice in 2011. Lee is particularly interested in assisting our agribusiness clients to develop strong IP rights to support commercialization of their technology.
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Paralegal
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Amanda is a paralegal in the Sydney office of FB Rice, and joined the firm in 2010. Amanda is responsible for filing patent applications in Australia, New Zealand and other jurisdictions as part of the Biotechnology group.
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Technical Specialist
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Jane is a Technical Specialist in the Biotechnology team at FB Rice. Jane conducts searches, especially in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, and watches the progress of third party patent applications around the world.
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Technical Specialist
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Kimanh is a technical specialist in the Sydney office of FB Rice, and joined the firm in 2012. Kimanh is responsible for conducting searches, specialising in the biotechnology sector.
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Patent Administrator
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Martin is a patent administrator in the Sydney office of FB Rice, and joined the firm in 2008.
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Overseas Qualified Attorney
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