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Robert Finn | Senior Associate

B.E. (Mech.)(Hons.), B.Sc. (Chem.), Dip.IPP (IPTA), Patent and Trade Mark Attorney

Robert Finn

Areas of Expertise

  • Patents
  • Designs
  • Mechanical Engineering

Rob began his working career in the iron ore industry, spending two and a half years in Tom Price, Western Australia, where he worked as a mechanical engineer. He joined the patent attorney profession in 2000, and spent four and a half years with a firm in Perth, where he trained and qualified as a patent and trade marks attorney. He then moved to London, where he worked for two and a half years at a firm of European and UK patent attorneys and gained experience in the patent and design systems of Europe and the United Kingdom.

Rob is involved in drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications in engineering and related disciplines.

Rob specialises in mechanical engineering, building and construction technology and general engineering. He has considerable experience also in transport and handling, manufacturing and renewable energy technologies, as well as materials science.

Rob handles patent opposition, infringement and validity matters and provides advice concerning patent related litigation. He also prepares and prosecutes design applications and provides advice in relation to all aspects of registered designs.

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Member: Engineers Australia
  • Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Fellow: The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia

Qualifications

  • Registered Patent and Trade Marks Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), University of Western Australia
  • Postgraduate Diploma of Intellectual Property Practice, The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Hons.), University of Western Australia

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