Bruce is a Singapore Registered Patent Attorney and Registered Patent Attorney (AU and NZ), and has been in practice since 2001. He joined Marks & Clerk in Singapore in 2014.

Bruce holds a Bachelor’s in Microbiology and Biochemistry, with honours from Monash University and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Sydney.

Bruce spent 10 years in postdoctoral research; at the University of Melbourne and at The Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, in the areas of axon pathway formation and peripheral nerve survival and regeneration. 

Bruce has particular expertise in assisting clients with the drafting and prosecution of applications in the biotech, life science and food technology fields. He is one of the few to file and prosecute an application for plant variety protection in Singapore. He provides advice in relation to patentability and patent infringement.