Chris Byrnes

Patent Attorney
Patents: Chemical & Life Science
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Overview

Chris is a Patent Attorney in our Chemistry and Bio Patents team. He specialises in providing patent services in a broad range of fields including process engineering and materials technologies.

Chris holds tertiary qualifications in chemical engineering and materials engineering majoring in ceramics. The focus of his engineering studies has been process design, process control and semiconductor manufacture. Chris’ major project was in semiconductor design and manufacture for anti-fouling coatings.

Chris understands the commercial application of his chosen fields having worked in developing and manufacturing compound semiconductors for light, laser and electronic applications.

Chris is a graduate member of Engineering Australia.


Chris Byrnes's Insights
Moving goalposts on New Zealand Patent “Best Practice”
The notion of what constitutes “best practice” when it comes to prosecuting a patent application before the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) is equal parts subjective, dynamic...
The notion of what constitutes “best practice” when it comes to prosecuting a patent application before the Intellectual Property...
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South Korea signals intention to join the CPTPP (the “IP lite” TPP)
South Korea has recently decided to join the “CPTPP”, otherwise known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.   The CPTPP is what remains of the “TPPA-11” (which...
South Korea has recently decided to join the “CPTPP”, otherwise known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...
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Injecting preliminary discovery into patent infringement proceedings
Sovereign Hydroseal Pty Ltd v Steynberg  FCA 1084 An application for preliminary discovery of documents relating to the constituents of a ‘sealing composition’ and methods of using it to seal...
Sovereign Hydroseal Pty Ltd v Steynberg  FCA 1084 An application for preliminary discovery of documents relating to the constituents of...
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New Zealand’s “drop-dead” divisional deadline… drops dead
New Zealand patent practice has long operated on a “drop-dead” deadline for the filing of a divisional application – once the would-be “parent” case is accepted, the facility to...
New Zealand patent practice has long operated on a “drop-dead” deadline for the filing of a divisional application –...
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