Dr. Benjamin Cleary
Patent & Trade Marks Attorney
Benjamin has experience in Australian and foreign patent prosecution, freedom to operate advice and litigation support. He is a registered Patent Attorney in Australia and New Zealand and a registered Trade Marks Attorney in Australia. Read more.
Benjamin has experience in Australian and foreign patent prosecution, freedom to operate advice and litigation support. He is a registered Patent Attorney in Australia and New Zealand and a registered Trade Marks Attorney in Australia.
Benjamin graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry majoring in Chemistry and Biochemistry. He then went on to complete an honours year in Medicinal Chemistry which focused on the synthesis of novel small molecule inhibitors of PI3 Kinase family enzymes. Benjamin then completed his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. This research focused on the synthesis and development of novel small molecule inhibitors of the MYST3 protein, known to control epigenetic pathways governing cancer tumor growth and progression. This research resulted in a number of early stage drug like molecules being developed which were subsequently progressed to early stage animal studies.
Benjamin has also acted as an in-house patent and trade mark attorney and intellectual property manager at one of Australia’s leading medical research institutes. Benjamin’s experience includes identifying, capturing, and protecting IP across a range of technologies fields, assessment of invention disclosures, developing appropriate IP protection strategies and providing strategic advice thereon.
Technical expertise
- Australian and foreign patent prosecution
- Patent validity, and freedom to operate and risk advice
- Litigation support
- IP Portfolio management and strategy
- Technology transfer and commercialisation
Areas of expertise
- Organic chemistry
- Formulation chemistry
- Medical devices and diagnostic technologies
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
Qualifications
- B Medicinal Chem (Hons), La Trobe University
- PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Monash University
- Masters of Intellectual Property Law, University of Melbourne
Professional Associations
- Institute for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys Australia (IPTA)
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)