Senior Associate

Rosemary Manhire-Heath

Patent And Trade Marks Attorney

Dr Rosemary Manhire-Heath is a registered Patent Attorney in Australia and New Zealand and a registered Australian Trade Marks Attorney. Rosemary has a PhD in Genetics and Cell biology and a Master of Intellectual Property Law. She has considerable experience in patent opposition and re-examination proceedings before the Australian Patent Office, litigation support and freedom to operate advice. She is also experienced in Australian and foreign patent prosecution in jurisdictions including the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) (Biochemistry and Genetics), University of Otago

PhD in Genetics and Cell Biology, Australian National University

Master of Intellectual Property Law, Monash University

Registered Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney

Registered Trade Marks Attorney AU

Memberships

Member of Institute of Patent and Trade mark Attorneys

Member of Australian New Zealand Society for Cell Biology and Development (ANZCBD)

Member of Intellectual Property Society AU & NZ (IPSANZ)

Rosemary has an extensive scientific research background covering areas such as genetics, molecular and cell biology, cancer biology and genomics. She has attended many national and international conferences, and presented her work to a range of audiences. Rosemary graduated from The University of Otago in New Zealand, with a BSc (Hons) majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics. She then went on to complete a PhD in Genetics and Cell Biology from the Australian National University. Rosemary’s PhD involved identifying genes and novel signalling pathways involved in regulating cell differentiation and motility, to further understand the genetics behind tumour progression. After completing her PhD she then worked as a postdoctoral scientist in the Genetics Department at the University of Melbourne continuing on with the work she established during her PhD.

Areas of expertise