Patent Agents Qualifying Examination Bodies

The Registrar has established the following bodies in order to assist him in the conduct of the Patent Agents Qualifying Examination:

The Examination Board
It deliberates and decides on all matters and issues submitted to its attention by the Examination Committee or Examination Secretariat, which include the recommendations put forth by the Examination Committee on each candidate's performance subsequent to the marking of his answers.

It comprises of four members, with the Registrar presiding as the Chairman:

• Ms LIEW Woon Yin
  Registrar of Patents
  Director-General, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  
• Mr Dedar Singh GILL
  President, Asian Patent Attorneys Association (SG Group)
  
• Mrs Murgiana HAQ
  Chairperson of the IP Committee, Law Society of Singapore
  
• Mr Keith William CALLINAN
  President, Association of Singapore Patent Agents

The Examination Committee
The members (one or more) set and mark the qualifying examination papers according to the requirements as specified by the Examination Board.

It currently comprises 23 members:
 

• Mr Adam Attila BOGSCH
  Managing Partner, Viering, Jentschura & Partner (Singapore)
• Mdm BOO Yee Swan
  Partner, Lee & Lee
• Mr Dexter Kam CHIN
  US Patent Attorney, Horizon IP Pte Ltd
• Dr Steven John COSGROVE
  Patent Attorney, Steven John Cosgrove
• Mr Herve DUPUIS
  EPO Expert
• Dr Michael Hermann KOCH
  Director, Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Mr Gerald KOH Teck Hock
  Director, Drew & Napier LLC
• Mr KOK Chan Boon Edmund
  Patent Attorney, ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
• Mr KONG Choon Jupiter
  General Counsel, ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd
• Mr LIM Ying Sin Daniel
  Director, Stamford Law Corporation
• Ms LO Wen Yu
  Patent Attorney, Amica Law LLC
• Ms LOW Pei Lin
  Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP
• Mr Michael Gerard MCLAUGHLIN
  Patent Agent, McLaughlin IP Pte Ltd
• Ms Carmen NG So-Ling
  Patent Attorney, Horizon IP Pte Ltd
• Mr POH Chee Kian, Daniel
  Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP
• Mr Kristian John ROBINSON
  Director, Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Dr Wolfram SCHIWECK
  Managing Partner, Viering, Jentschura & Partner (SIngapore)
• Mr Martin SCHWEIGER
  Managing Partner, Schweiger & Partners LLP
• Mr David M. SIGMOND
  Patent Attorney, David M. Sigmond
• Mr SOH Kar Liang
  Director, Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Mdm Winnie THAM Wai Yee
  Director, Amica Law LLC
• Mr Vim VAN DER POEL
  EPO Expert
• Dr Timothy Lawrence Harvey WATKIN
  Partner, Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP

The Examination Secretariat
It assists the Examination Board in the conducting of the qualifying examination and comprises three members:

• Ms Esther Tan Ai Ping
  Deputy Director, Patents/Legal Counsel, Registry of Patents, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
• Ms Lily Lee
  Senior Executive, Registry of Patents, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
• Ms Saadiah Abdol Wahab
  Junior Executive, Registry of Patents, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore