Shelley Rowland

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Phone: +64 9 373 3137
Fax:+64 9 373 2123
Position: Baldwins Intellectual Property - Senior Associate
Office: Auckland
Qualifications: BSc MSc (Hons)
Keys Registered Patent Attorney in New Zealand Registered Patent Attorney Australia
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Shelley has been a patent specialist since 1996, working in both New Zealand and Australia, and has been with Baldwins since 2002.  She was made an Associate of the firm in 2003. 
Shelley works primarily in the areas of patents.  Her practice involves providing advice on patentability issues, drafting patent specifications, prosecuting patent applications through examination to grant, providing validity and infringement advice, and providing strategic management of intellectual property portfolios, for both the local and overseas markets.

Expertise

Shelley’s technical areas of expertise lie in the biotechnology arena, particularly molecular biology and genetics.  Her post graduate research focused on the molecular and genetic aspects of a human neurological disorder (Adrenoleukodystrophy), resulting in the development of a diagnostic test for the disorder.  Following university, Shelley conducted research at the University of Auckland Medical School.  Her research focused on the cellular adhesion molecules known as “integrins” and the disease Multiple Sclerosis.

Additional Experience

  • Physiology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Biochemistry
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Agri-chemicals

Affiliations

AWIS (Association for Women in the Sciences) - Convenor, Auckland
IPSANZ (Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand)
IPTA (Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia)
NZBio
NZIFST (New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology)
NZIPA (New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys) - Fellow

Qualifications

1995  Master of Science (Hons I) (Molecular Genetics) - University of Auckland
1992  Bachelor of Science (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) - University of Auckland

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