Specialised in Practice Areas:

Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacology
Polymer Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Protein Chemistry
Inorganic, Physical & Applied Chemistry
Agrichemistry
Speciality Chemicals
Cosmetics

Additional Experience:

Surface Chemistry
Food Science
Environmental Science
Biochemistry
Minerals Processing
Extractive Metallurgy
Petrochemicals

Educational Background:

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemistry – The University of Melbourne

Professional Affiliations:

Ausbiotech - member
Asian Patent Attorneys Association – member
Association of International pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle – member
BioMelbourne Network – member
Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia – fellow
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand – member
Royal Australian Chemical Institute – member chartered chemist

Description:

Debbie has more than 18 years of extensive experience specialising in the drafting and prosecution of both local and overseas patent applications.  She has also been responsible for patent oppositions and other litigation matters, and advised clients on matters of patentability, validity and infringement.

She has particular expertise in the pharmaceutical, biochemistry and metallurgy fields, as well as all aspects of chemistry including polymer processing, electrochemistry and organic physical and inorganic chemistry. 

Debbie has a large local client practice to which she provides advice on patent strategy and due diligence.  She also handles opposition matters for overseas clients and regularly provides patent infringement opinions.  Debbie’s clients range from leading Australian research organisations such as CSIRO, universities and start-up pharmaceutical, medical device and chemical companies to large multi-national corporations.  She often visits her overseas pharmaceutical clients giving presentations to their in-house attorneys on developments in Australian patent law.  As many of her pharmaceutical clients are biotechnology companies, she is capable of bridging the gap between chemistry and biotechnology.

Being responsible for a team, Debbie also spends her time mentoring and training younger attorneys.

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