AU Patent Attorney case studies
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The Australian patent attorney qualification pathway is for people who want to be registered to prepare and prosecute patent applications and advise clients on intellectual property in Australia. Registration is administered under the Patents Act and the Trade Marks Act and is a separate credential from a law degree or a science PhD: it signals that you can draft, prosecute and defend rights before the Commissioner. The AU Patent Attorney case studies are 5 cases and about 4,221 words.
1The Provisional That Said Too Little
Your client, Kauri Robotics Pty Ltd (Australian), filed a provisional application on 3 March 2023 describing a warehouse picking robot with a suction gripper and a vision system that identifies box edges. The provisional contains one paragraph on 'machine learning to improve grasp selection' with no architecture, training data or algorithm.
764 words, about 4 min2Opposition on a Thin Specification
Marram Grass Bio Pty Ltd holds Australian standard patent 2021123456 for 'a method of treating salinity-affected soil comprising applying a composition comprising a microbial consortium and a chelating agent'. The specification has 6 pages: two paragraphs of general description, one example using a consortium of four named organisms with EDTA at 5 mM, and claims 1-14.
859 words, about 4 min3Infringement, Construction and the Numerical Boundary
Pilbara Filtration Ltd owns Australian patent 2019987654 claiming 'a water filtration membrane comprising a porous substrate coated with a hydrophilic polymer layer having a thickness of 10 to 50 micrometres, wherein the polymer layer has a contact angle of less than 30 degrees'. The specification's only example uses 25 micrometres and 22 degrees, and says 'thicknesses below 10 micrometres give unacceptable flux loss'.
772 words, about 4 min4The Attorney's Conflict and the Deadline
You are a patent attorney at a mid-sized firm. On Monday you are instructed by Riverina AgTech to draft and file an Australian standard patent application.
728 words, about 4 min5Paris, PCT and the Accidental Disclosure
Southern Cross Instruments (Australian) develops a benchtop mass spectrometer. On 14 April 2024 the inventor presents it at a trade show in Sydney and posts a photograph and specification summary on LinkedIn.
1,098 words, about 5 min