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Academic Qualifications:
| - HTEC in Electronic and Electrical Engineering – England
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry – University of Birmingham
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Experience:
| Tim specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the IT, computer software, electronics and electrical engineering, and medical device areas. A registered attorney in both the UK and Australia, he has extensive experience in prosecuting Australian, European, US and British patent applications, as well as in patent litigation and opposition procedures in Australia. Tim worked for a firm of patent attorneys in London before joining Griffith Hack in 1992.
Tim acts for a number of small and medium sized enterprises, Australian universities and research organisations and large corporations in the IT, computer software and electronic engineering areas. He also acts for a number of medical device clients. He also advises overseas corporations and attorneys on the drafting, validity and prosecution of Australian business method, software and electronics patents. During the course of his work, Tim has acquired specialist knowledge in the patenting of a range of technologies, including remote payment technology (EFT systems), vending machines and systems, online business schemes, electronic commerce, tissue and nerve stimulation and other medical processes and medical devices, document processing systems, cellular communications technologies, robotics, electronic image compression systems and Internet applications.
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Professional Affiliations:
| - Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – fellow
- British Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys – fellow
- Asian Patent Attorney Association – member
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand – member
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Specialisations:
| - Electronic Circuits
- Signal Processing
- Control Systems
- Photonics
- Computer Science
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| - Software Engineering
- Telecommunications & Data Communications
- Business Systems & Methods
- Electric Machines & Devices
- Medical Devices
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Additional Experience:
| - Mechanical Devices
- Physics
- Optics
- Nanotechnology
- Scientific Instruments
- Surface Chemistry
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| - Bioformatics
- Manufacturing, Machinery & Machine Tools
- Biomedical Engineering & Medical Devices
- Building Systems & Apparatus
- Electronic Instrumentation
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