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Technical specialists with proven success

You can't protect innovations you don't understand. That's why many of our attorneys have doctorates in their fields of science and proven success at the world's leading research companies.

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Engineering, physics and electronics patents

Davies Collison Cave’s depth of knowledge and experience in intellectual property positions us at the leading edge of innovation, technology and the law. Our expert team of attorneys can advise on and protect engineering patents.

Mechanical Engineering

Meet Chris Carter

B.Sc.(Hons.), LL.B., Ph.D., Patent Attorney and Lawyer
Chris’s combination of a Doctorate in Physics, North American legal experience and a large body of successful Australian patent filings is typical of the diverse skills Davies Collison Cave clients have come to expect from Australia’s largest and most respected patent attorney firm.
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Our firm is able to provide advice on services including:

  • aeronautical and aerospace engineering
  • automotive and marine engineering
  • manufacturing machinery and machine tools
  • materials handling and packaging
  • mechanical devices
  • structural engineering

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Electronic and electrical engineering

Davies Collison Cave’s Electronic and electrical engineering team is able to provide patent drafting expertise and advice on:

  • automation and control systems
  • computer sciences
  • electronic circuits and hardware engineering
  • lasers, optics and photonics
  • MEMs and nanotechnology
  • power generation and control

Meet our Electronic and electrical engineering patents team.

Physics

Davies Collison Cave has an expert team of attorneys who can provide advice in the area of patents relating to physics. We invite you to meet our specialised physics patent attorneys.

Our patent services: from filing through to defence

Davies Collison Cave offer a complete suite of engineering, physics and electronics patent services, including: