Dr Katherine Hebditch

Katherine advises clients on patent and registered design protection.

Katherine specialises in the area of patents. This includes drafting patent applications, guiding patent applications through the examination process and patent oppositions before the intellectual property office. She has specialist knowledge in the areas of chemistry and biotechnology, particularly human and veterinary pharmaceuticals.

Before joining Baldwins, Katherine worked as a medicinal chemist and completed post-doctoral research in the organic chemistry department at the University of Auckland. She then worked as the intellectual property manager at a New Zealand-based animal health company.

Katherine enjoys talking with inventors about their latest research and helping them recognise what can usefully be protected with intellectual property rights.