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Team member profile : David Carmichael

 
 
Name: David Carmichael
Office Location: Melbourne
Position: Partner
Qualifications: Diploma of Electrical Engineering, Ballarat School of Mines and Industry, 1968 (now the University of Ballarat)
Bachelor of Legal Studies, Macquarie University, 1995
Registered Patent Attorney
Registered Trade Marks Attorney
Practice Areas:
Direct Telephone: +61 3 9622 2271
Facsimile: +61 3 9614 1867
Email: david.carmichael@pof.com.au
Profile: Prior to joining the firm, David spent six years as a Corporate Patent Attorney for CSIRO and prior to that was with the Australian Patent Office for 16 years where he variously held patents examination, training supervisory, hearings officer and policy development positions.

David is a partner in the firm’s EPIT (Electronics, Physics and Information Technology) Group and is the chairman of the firm’s Patent Practice Committee. He has over 35 years experience in the intellectual property field and since joining the firm in 1993 has established a patents practice that mainly involves specification drafting, prosecution of applications, conducting oppositions and client advisory work including rendering opinions on patent infringement and patent validity.

He represents clients in the physics, electrical, electro-mechanical and mechanical engineering fields of technology and has dealt with inventions relating to plasma generation apparatus and plasma treatment systems, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy, chromatography apparatus, microwave heating and treatment devices, electro-acoustic transducers including electromagnetic and electrostatic loudspeakers, electrical circuits for various purposes, electrical switchgear, wastewater treatment, packaging and firearms.

David also has a significant involvement in the skills training (particularly that of patent specification drafting) of trainee patent attorneys, both in Australia and throughout South East Asia through his involvement in IPTA’s Academy of Education and FICPI’s Training and Education Commission.
Year joined: 1993
Year qualified: 1990
Memberships: Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
Member - Federation International des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI)
Member - Asian Patent Attorneys Association
Other Activities: Fellow of IPTA's Academy of Education and course co-ordinator and a tutor for its courses "Drafting of Patent Specifications" and "Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications". Member of FICPI's Training and Education Commission and course leader and tutor for its South East Asian Drafting (SEAD) course.
   
 
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