Sam Ting

Sam works with clients across a range of chemical and life sciences technology sectors to develop practical intellectual property strategies that support innovation and commercial growth.

Expertise

Sam advises clients on a broad range of patent matters, with a focus on helping them navigate complex and technical IP issues in a practical, commercially useful way. He works with businesses of all sizes on freedom-to-operate and patentability advice, patent drafting and prosecution, patent portfolio management, patent restorations and extensions of time, and broader IP strategy.

A key part of Sam’s practice involves preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications in New Zealand, Australia and internationally. He enjoys working through complex technical and legal issues to identify the IP options available and develop strategies that support his clients’ commercial objectives.

Sam has experience in chemical and life sciences technologies, particularly pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, cleantech and agritech. This work has seen him engage with a wide range of technologies, from polymers, concrete and natural fibre materials through to hydrogen generation and use, lithium extraction and processing, and electrochemical technologies.

He also assists AJ Park’s litigation and dispute resolution team with contentious patent matters, including proceedings before patent offices in New Zealand, Australia and Europe, and before the High Court of New Zealand.

Experience

Sam came to AJ Park from the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ), where he began working as a patent examiner while studying towards his law degree. During that time, he completed the qualification to become a registered patent attorney in New Zealand and Australia.

Sam completed graduate and post-graduate qualifications in chemistry, including research projects in the synthesis of purine pathway transition state analogues as potential anti-malaria compounds and the synthesis of naturally derived macrocyclic lactones (zampanolide, the labillarides and aigialomycin D) for medicinal research. These projects gave him experience at various stages of the drug discovery process.

Beyond work

Outside of work, Sam keeps busy with his young family. His main hobbies revolve around music, from enjoying old favourites to going to gigs and playing guitar. Sam also enjoys outdoor pursuits and can often be found running through the hills and around the waterfronts of Wellington.