Dr. Klaus Breitenstein
Dipl.-Chem., German and European Patent Attorney
Specialisation
Examination, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, among others in the areas of polymers and small molecules in pharmacy and crop protection.
Professional Memberships
Patent Attorney Bar Association, German Chemical Society (GDCh).
Career
Studied chemistry at the University of Duisburg. Graduated in 1995 on microwave-assisted digestion of samples in analytical chemistry. Doctoral thesis in 2000 on chiral ligands for enantioselective transition metal catalysis, funded by a scholarship of the federal state Nordrhein-Westfalen. Postdoctoral studies at the Centre for Scientific Research (CID) of the National Council for Scientific Research & Development (CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain. Patent experience since 2002. German Patent Attorney since 2006. With Hoffmann · Eitle since 2006. European Patent Attorney since 2012.
Personal Information
Married. Leisure interests include hiking, sailing and skiing.
Languages
German, English, Spanish.
