Dr Mathew Lucas
Principal
Patent Attorney
Areas of Expertise/Sector
PatentsEngineering & ManufacturingChemistryAgribusiness & Food TechnologyNanotechnologyMat specialises in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the areas of general organic and inorganic chemistry spanning a multitude of different fields including the pharmaceutical sciences, mining and petrochemical industries as well as food technology and nanotechnology. He has experience in patent oppositions and providing patent related validity and infringement advice.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Organic and Inorganic Fine Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering Processes
- Material Science
Previously, Mat spent a year at the University of Illinois in Chicago, working on low-temperature radical initiators and aryl selenide radical induced polarity reversal catalysis. Mat was also involved in a joint project between the University of Adelaide and Flinders Medical Centre, in which he designed and prepared various heterocyclic compounds for the treatment of precancerous adenomas of the colon. During his Ph.D. he prepared novel classes of selenium containing carbohydrates and explored the homolytic chemistry of some new tellurium functional groups.
Mat has published in many areas including surfactant chemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry and free-radical methodology.
Mat is part of Davies Collison Cave’s life-sciences practice group.
Qualifications
Bachelor Science (Chemistry) (Hons), La Trobe University
Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry), University of Melbourne
Master of Intellectual Property Law, University of Melbourne
Registered Patent and Trade Mark Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)
Memberships
Fellow: Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA)
Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
Member: Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Member: Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
Member: AusBiotech Limited
Member: Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)