De Penning & De Penning

Intellectual Property

Practice Head - Patent - Mechanical & Automotive

Mr. Anand Barnabas is a Senior Patent Attorney and has been with De Penning & De Penning for more than 18 years. He is currently the Practice Head, Patent (Mechanical & Automotive division) of De Penning & De Penning. A major part of his work involves drafting and prosecuting patent applications, especially in the fields of mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, wind turbine technology, textile machinery, optical films, optical connectors, nanotechnology and related fields of science. He also directly supervises and mentors a vibrant team of Patent Attorneys in these fields of technology in drafting, prosecution, opposition and revocation matters. Prior to joining De Penning & De Penning he has worked in a manufacturing company as a factory manager and has hands on experience in production technology. While seeking to obtain his Masters degree, he worked as a Research Assistant while doing his dissertation at the Kate Gleason College of Engineering of the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA, where he researched in the field of nanotribology specifically in fatigue life prediction, and thermal and tribological effects of metallic nano-structures.