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Our patent attorneys have extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications across a wide range of technologies including nanotechnology, biotechnology, chemistry, all engineering disciplines, metallurgy, materials, electronics, physics, information and communication technologies and business methods.
Where technologies converge, we draw on the experience of professionals across the different technology groups of the firm. Patent services include:
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- Advice on the patentability of an invention
- Preparation, lodgement and processing of patent applications in Australia, New Zealand and Papua
- New Guinea
- Co-ordination of patent application lodgement and processing in other countries
- Preparation of patent drawings by our dedicated in-house draftsman
- Searches for existing patents or technical documents
- Infringement searches
- Investigation and advice on the validity of existing patents
- Conducting opposition proceedings to defend or oppose grant of accepted patents
- Defence of allegations of infringement
- Enforcement of patentees’ rights
- Negotiation and settlement of patent disputes
- Continuous monitoring of competitors, their patents and IP activities
- Patent watching and mapping
- Drafting of various agreements relating to patents
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