Dr. Hughes is one of Australia�s pre-eminent biotechnology patent attorneys and a partner with Davies Collison Cave with more than 15 years experience in patent law. Dr. Hughes is involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications directed to all facets of biotechnology, including inventions relating to molecular biotechnology, pharmacology, transgenic plants and animals as well as general chemistry and microbiology. Dr. Hughes has a substantial United States practice at the drafting and prosecution levels of patent filing. Dr. Hughes has post-doctoral experience at Yale University and Genentech Inc., mainly in microbial genetics and molecular biology and trained as a patent attorney in New York before returning to Australia. |