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Anne Hendtlass | Associate

B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D., Patent Attorney

Anne Hendtlass

Areas of Expertise

  • Patents
  • Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences

Anne works in the biotechnology group, particularly specialising in the areas of molecular biology, including plant molecular biology, and Plant Breeder's Rights. She is involved in the preparation and prosecution of patent specifications and the provision of advice in relation to all aspects of plant matters and has assisted Australian businesses and universities as well as overseas corporations.

Before commencing with the firm, Anne worked for another Patent Attorney firm in Melbourne and Perth for six years where she was responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent applications in Australia and overseas. Prior to this, she obtained her PhD from The University of Melbourne for her thesis entitled "An antigenic protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis".

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Fellow: Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
  • Member: Australian Society of Microbiology
  • Member: Ausbiotech

Qualifications

  • Registered Patent Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (School of Dental Science), University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Science (Microbiology and Pathology) (Hons.), University of Melbourne

Anne’s latest articles

Bio-reflections: the patentability of DNA and other biological molecules in Australia, the USA and China

This article, authored for the June 2010 Chinese-language edition of Managing Intellectual Property, discusses recent… more »

China's Disclosure of Origin law.

On 1 October 2009 China amended its patent law to require the disclosure of the origin of a genetic resource used in an… more »

Articles about Anne

2008 Appointments at Davies Collison Cave

On the 1st of July, the following staff were welcomed into the Davies Collison Cave partnership. (* appointed to Davies… more »