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Leon Allen | Partner

B.Sc.(Hons.), Patent Attorney

Leon Allen

Areas of Expertise

  • Patents
  • Designs
  • Physics

Leon is the chairman of the firm's national management board. Leon has extensive experience in the drafting and prosecution, in Australia and overseas, of patent applications for industry and research organisations in the fields of physics and engineering. He is also experienced in the preparation of patent applications in the areas of fibre optics, lasers, construction, agricultural and earth moving equipment, internal combustion engines and building products. He has also been extensively involved in opposition proceedings before the Australian Patent Office and in infringement actions for enforcement of patents in Australia.

Leon started in the profession in 1981 and joined Davies Collison Cave in 1995. Leon is currently the immediate past President of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) having served on the Council since 1992. In January 2009 Leon was appointed as Chair of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) to the Federal Government. Leon is also a Fellow of the International Federation of Patent Attorneys (FICPI) Academy of Education teaching patent drafting in Europe.

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Fellow: The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
  • Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Member: Advisory Board Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
  • Member: Asian Patent Attorneys Association
  • Member: Australian Institute of Physics
  • Member: International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
  • Tutor: FICPI Academy of Education
  • Member: International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
  • Chairman: Australian Government Advisory Council on Intellectual Property

Qualifications

  • Registered Patent Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Bachelor of Science (Physics)(Hons.), University of New England

Leon’s latest articles

Venturing into the unknown

The Minister for Innovation, Senator Kim Carr recently released a report entitled “venturousaustralia – a Report… more »

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Innovation patent system under review

The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), an independent government-appointed body which advises the Australian… more »

Leon Allen completes term as president of the Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys of Australia

Leon Allen recently completed his two year term as the President of the Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys of… more »

ACIP report on patentable subject matter recommends codifying NRDC test and Patents Act objectives

The Australian government yesterday published the final report by ACIP (the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property)… more »

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