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Kings Expands Its Patent Practice

Kings is expanding its patent practice with the appointment of accomplished patent attorney, Jonathan Lewis.

Jonathan’s expertise has been honed over many years as part of some of Brisbane’s premier IP practices, particularly in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Jonathan has an extensive background in the chemical and mechanical engineering fields, including minerals processing, extractive metallurgy, industrial processes, medical devices, mechanical devices and packaging technology.

Jonathan studied metallurgical engineering at RMIT University and has a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, as well as well as a Masters of Industrial Property from the University of Technology, Sydney. Jonathan has also worked in many aspects of the mining and minerals industry from being a plant metallurgist at Ernest Henry Mining in North Queensland, to research at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and consulting at JKTech in Brisbane.

Prior to working in private practice, Jonathan worked as a Patent Examiner at IP Australia in Canberra.

Jonathan prides himself on his client relationships, and has a strong focus on helping clients to obtain commercially-valuable intellectual property. Jonathan said that he was attracted to Kings for the opportunity to be part of a modern, independent patent and trade marks attorney firm.

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