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Principal, Electrical/ICT Team
Email: michael.koch@sprusons.com.au

Michael Koch is a Principal of Spruson & Ferguson and Director and Head of the Electrical & Mechanical group of associated firm Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore). Michael has considerable technical experience in the fields of photonics, electronics, telecommunications and computer systems.

He is an experienced patent attorney specialising in drafting and prosecuting patent applications internationally, including in South East Asia, USA, Europe, Australasia and China. Michael has been acting on behalf of many corporate and research institution clients in the creation and management of the international patent portfolios and has extensive patent drafting expertise in DSP, including audio and video processing, micro-chip fabrication and design, MEMS devices, interrogating circuits for sensor devices, secure EFT systems, and photovoltaic devices.

Michael earned a Bachelor and Masters of Science studying at the Technische Universität München, before going on to be awarded a PhD for his study on semiconductor devices at the University of New South Wales. He was also awarded a Masters in Industrial Property from the University of Technology, Sydney and was a founding member of the German-Australian Junior Chamber of industry and commerce, and the Singaporean-German Chamber of industry and commerce. Michael is also a fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia and a member of its German equivalent the Verein der Deutschen Patentanwalte und Patentassessoren.

Qualifications

	Bachelor of Science (equivalent) in Physics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
	Master of Science (equivalent) in Physics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
	Master of Industrial Property, University of Technology, Sydney
	Doctor of Philosophy, University of NSW
	Registered Australian Patent Attorney
	Registered New Zealand Patent Attorney
	Registered Australian Trade Mark Attorney