Tony McStea obtained a B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry from Queen’s University, Belfast and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Polymer Science from Caulfield Institute of Technology, now Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melbourne. Tony McStea has worked in the intellectual property field for over 40 years in Australia and Switzerland. He has led the patents departments of a number of companies who are world leaders in their fields.
Tony has also published three booklets, namely The Origin of Specis (a patents booklet for non-patent people), To Mark It, to Mark It (a trade marks booklet for non-trade marks people) and Intelligent Design (an introduction to registered designs/design patents). Tony is based in Bubendorf, near Liestal.