Biography:
Sam has a distinguished background in electrical and electronic engineering, having partially completed his Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (in Germany), and the experimental work in his Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (in the US). Following his Ph.D., he worked as a Senior Lecturer in the school of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, teaching engineering electromagnetics and digital signal processing, and supervising many students. In his research, he attracted significant grant funding, founded Adelaide’s terahertz engineering group, and contributed to many publications and patents.
Memberships
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
- The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA)
Professional Organisation
Since 2005, Sam has worked in a large Australian patent attorney firm with a diverse range of clients, including individual inventors, funded and unfunded startups, research institutions, and multinational corporations. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, teaching patent drafting fundamentals. Sam enjoys working at the intersection of technology, business and the law, particularly since a patent, by its very nature, always brings something new.
His specialist expertise includes:
- Electronic instrumentation & control systems
- Solar technology
- User interfaces
- Optical and communications technology
- Signal and image processing hardware and software
- Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Human and veterinary medical device hardware and software
- Mining hardware and software