Specialisation:
Examination, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European and German Patent Offices, as well as before the German Federal Patent Court; nullity actions before the Federal Patents Court and Federal Supreme Court; litigation; legal opinions. Particular expertise in cosmetics, polymers, nanotechnology, textile chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Publications:
Publications on patents in nanotechnology. Lectures inter alia in cooperation with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Memberships:
Patent Attorney Bar Association, EPI, FICPI, VPP.
Career:
Studied chemistry at the Universities of Aachen and Heidelberg. Diploma thesis and Ph.D. in biophysical and bioanalytical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Practical experience in the area of surface chemistry, protein chemistry and bioanalytical devices. Erasmus Scholarship at the University of Montpellier (France). With Hoffmann ยท Eitle since 1996; German Patentanwalt since 2000; European Patent Attorney since 2001.
Personal:
Two children. Leisure interests include tennis and hiking.
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