Adastra’s 20th Anniversary 2024

Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence – Adastra IP 🎉

On 18 December 2024, Adastra IP proudly marks 20 incredible years of innovation, growth, and service in the field of intellectual property. Over two decades, we have grown from a small team into a leading provider of IP solutions across Southeast Asia, delivering world-class services to our clients.
This milestone is a celebration of our people, our clients, and our journey. Our talented team has driven our success through dedication, creativity, and unwavering commitment to excellence. Together, we have overcome challenges, embraced opportunities, and set new standards in IP services.
As we look ahead to our third decade, Adastra is excited to continue pioneering innovative solutions, nurturing talent, and expanding our impact in the industry. We are deeply grateful to our employees, clients, and partners for their trust and support — without you, this achievement would not have been possible.
Here’s to 20 years of success and to a future full of even greater possibilities! 🌟

Sangeeta Singh

Director – Adastra India
Indian Patent Agent & Attorney
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
LL.B. (Intellectual Property & Cyber Law)
LL.M. (Intellectual Property & Commercial Law)
Certificate Course on Regulatory Affairs
Certificate Course on Architectural Heritage & Conservation
Member: FICPI (International Patent Matters Committee), INTA, APAA
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent

Domain Specialization: Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry, Biotechnology, AI-driven Drug Discovery, Digital Therapeutics, Next-generation Biologics, HealthTech, MedTech, and other Emerging Technologies

Sangeeta Singh has more than a decade of experience in intellectual property and patent practice. She has previously worked with senior IP litigators and large IP prosecution and litigation firms, and has managed patent departments, overseeing full patent lifecycle operations. She has also established in-house IP counsel functions and IP teams for clients, providing strategic guidance and operational leadership.

She advises Indian and international clients across a broad range of matters, including supporting Southeast countries’ patent strategies, covering the entire patent lifecycle, including drafting and filing patent applications, prosecution, oppositions, appeals, revocation and invalidation proceedings, enforcement planning, licensing, freedom-to-operate, and strategic portfolio management. Sangeeta has represented clients in complex patent hearings, opposition matters, and strategic enforcement proceedings, delivering high-quality advice aligned with both technical and business objectives.

At Adastra India, Sangeeta established and leads the India office, building high-performing teams, implementing robust workflows, and ensuring that clients receive technically sound and commercially aligned patent advice.

As a member of the International Patent Matters Committee of FICPI, she participates in discussions on global patent law developments, harmonization, and best practices. She also attends international IP conferences and forums, sharing knowledge and engaging with peers on emerging trends in patent strategy. She is additionally a member of INTA and APAA, reinforcing her engagement with the global IP community.

In her free time, Sangeeta is dedicated to animal welfare and enjoys spiritual reading, reflecting her personal commitment to compassion and lifelong learning.

Suriyia Sadanathan

Director of Patents

BEng (Hons) Com. and Communication Systems, UPM
BJurisprudence (Hons) Law, UM
Registered Patent Agent (MY)
Registered Industrial Design Agent (MY)
Member of Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)

Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics,
Nanotechnology

Suriyia has currently served the Intellectual Property (IP) industry for fifteen years. Prior to embarking a career in IP, Suriyia was attached to the Research and Development Department of Motorola Technology (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. as an Electronics Engineer for four years gaining substantial experience in the field of information and communications technology.

Suriyia began her IP career with a reputable IP firm in Malaysia in which she heads and leads the Patent Department with her practice area extending across all realms of patent and design prosecution.

At Adastra IP, as the Director of Patents, Suriyia provides the necessary provisions and supervision for the department to excel and progress by maintaining an efficient workflow and high productivity across the board while keeping abreast of changes in Patent laws and regulations, both local (Malaysia) and International, and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and guidelines. Coupled with both an engineering and legal qualification, Suriyia devises the most suitable Patent strategy with the best interest for protection of clients’ invention across multiple ASEAN jurisdictions and across other international jurisdictions.

Suriyia has extensive experience in patent drafting and preparing patentability opinions in a variety of diverse technical fields including telecommunication, mechanical, electronics, computer systems, nanotechnology and drone technology related inventions. She also has extensive experience in providing freedom-to-operate opinions, validity opinions and infringement opinions for clients along with providing
patent litigation support for patent disputes in a variety of technical fields. She has also been actively engaging in providing IP talks to promote IP awareness. Over the years of her experience, Suriyia has develop a good relationship with the Malaysian Patent Office with regards to patent prosecution.

Suriyia has been recognized as “Highly recommended ‐ Individuals: patent prosecution” for the year 2023; she falls under “Gold Tier – Individuals: patent prosecution” for the year 2024 by IAM Patent 1000; and recognized IAM Global Leaders 2025 – individuals for patent prosecution.

Mohan K

Managing Director
B.Eng (Hons)
Registered Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design and
Plant Variety Agent, Malaysia Registered Trademark and Industrial Design Agent
Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent

Mohan K. has accumulated more than 20 years of solid experience in the intellectual property field and has gained extensive expertise in the preparation and prosecution of trademark and patent applications, as well as in providing advisory and consulting services across a wide range of strategic intellectual property-related matters, including IP monetization, commercialization, innovation, and technology transfer.

Upon graduating from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, in 1996, Mohan started his career with Shearn Delamore, a reputed legal firm. He went on to head the patent department in another leading organization, Ella Cheong Mirandah & Spruson (M) Sdn. Bhd.

In 2004, together with a team of legal and technical professionals, he established an IP firm, Adastra Intellectual Property Sdn. Bhd., which continues to serve clients in Malaysia as well as regionally. Adastra has expanded its reach and operations to other countries and has offices in India and ASEAN countries. Mohan is a registered patent, trademark, and industrial design agent and won the Best Patent Agent Award from the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation in 2013. He is listed as a Global Top 1000 Patent and Trade Mark expert by IAM, an international IP journal, and is acknowledged by Asia IP as one of the Top 50 IP experts in Malaysia.

Mohan K. continues to play a key role in the development of intellectual property locally and globally and has been an active speaker at various talks and seminars organized by government and commercial organizations in Malaysia, as well as a judge for several invention competitions. He also sits on several industry advisory panels, including the SME Corp Panel for Entrepreneurship and the Scientific and Economic Council for the Malaysia Rubber Board. In addition, he has been invited as an expert speaker for one of the annual National Budget Consultation sessions organized by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

He is also the Vice President of the Malaysian Association for Creativity and Innovation (MACRI), a Council Member of the ASEAN–India Business Council (AIBC), a Council Member of the ASEAN Retail and Franchise Federation (ARFF), a Pioneer Mentor under the ASEAN Entrepreneurship Mentor Programme, and a recipient for the Perdana Young Indian Entrepreneur Award (YIEA) 2017, as well as ASEAN Young Entrepreneur Award for Technology and Innovation 2025.

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Director of PatentsBEng (Hons) Com. and Communication Systems, UPMBJurisprudence (Hons) Law, UMRegistered Patent Agent (MY)Registered Industrial Design Agent (MY)Member of Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics,Nanotechnology

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BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting

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Bsc. Biology (Biological Sciences), PhD in Medicine

Domain Specialization: Life Sciences

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PhD in Biochemistry
Domain Specialization: Animal Cell Biology, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Cell Signalling, Gut-Derived Metabolites, And Diabetes Research

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Bsc (Accountancy), Certified Public Accountant, CFA

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Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
Domain Specialization: Electronics, Mechanical,
Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology

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BSc(Hons.) Biology

Vietnam Country Head
Registered IP Attorney Vietnam
B. Law, B. Business Admin

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Senior Trademark Specialist
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Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, England.
MBA, University of Bradford, England
MSC, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
PHD, Strategic Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Senior Patent Specialist
Chartered Patent Attorney (UK) Registered Patent Attorney (SG)
Ph.D. Optoelectronics Research Centre. B.Eng. Electronic Engineering with Optoelectronics GradCert in Intellectual Property Law (Singapore)

Certified IP Valuer by MyIPO
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Director of Patents

BEng (Hons) Com. and Communication Systems, UPM
BJurisprudence (Hons) Law, UM
Registered Patent Agent (MY)
Registered Industrial Design Agent (MY)
Member of Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)

Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics,
Nanotechnology

Director, Adastra IP Singapore
Advocate & Solicitor
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent

Director of IP Valuation
BSc(Hons) Economics, University of London

Director of Trademarks
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Managing Director
B.Eng (Hons)
Registered Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design and
Plant Variety Agent, Malaysia Registered Trademark and Industrial Design Agent
Domain Specialization: ICT, Electrical & Electronics
Patent, Trademark and Industrial Design Agent