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Office	Pretoria

Position	Partner
Profession	Patent Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	22 years

Academic	PhD - University of Port Elizabeth (1973) Post-Doctoral research - Imperial College, London (1973 - 1974) LLB - UNISA (1989)

Qualifications	Admitted attorney (1992) Qualified Patent attorney (1994)

Specialisations	Drafting of patent specifications and prosecuting patent applications in the fields of chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, plastics and polymer technology. Patent assignments, amendments, renewals and restorations.

Involvement	SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow International Federation of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - member International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) - member Licensing Executives Society of SA (LES) - member SA Chemical Institute (SACI) - member Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member

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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.