Background
Maddern, Richard Kenneth was born on March 31, 1922 in Adelaide, South Australia. Son of Martin Ustick and Elizabeth Maud (Wright) Maddern.
Maddern, Richard Kenneth was born on March 31, 1922 in Adelaide, South Australia. Son of Martin Ustick and Elizabeth Maud (Wright) Maddern.
Graduate electrical engineering, University South Australia, Adelaide, 1954. Patent Attorney, Australian Statutory Examination, 1961.
Apprentice, General Motors Holdens Ltd., Adelaide, Australia, 1940-1944; electrical design engineer, General Motors Holdens Ltd., Adelaide, Australia, 1950-1956; trainee patent attorney, Collison & Company, Adelaide, Australia, 1956-1968; founder, partner, R K Maddern & Associations, Adelaide, Australia, 1968-1991; founder, Ken Maddern Patent Attorney, Adelaide, since 1992; director, Sapfor Group of Companies, Adelaide, Australia, 1961-1974. Promoter Licensing Executives Society, Adelaide, 1978.
Fellow Institute Patent Attorneys of Australia Inc. (councillor 1972-1980). Member Licensing Executive Society, United States Trade Mark Association, Patent & Trade Institute of Canada, International Association for Protection Industrial Property, International Federation Industrial Patent Attorneys.
Married Margaret Mitchell Dunstone. Children: Stephen James, Genevieve Mignonne.