Profile

Experience

• Active in industrial property protection since 2011
• Multi-year research abroad at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (scholarship of the German Research Society)
• Lecturer at the Ruhr University Bochum in the field of Intellectual Property
• Inventor consulting at the Information Centre Technology and Patents of the Technical University of Dortmund

Qualification

• Biology studies at the Ruhr University Bochum with a focus on cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and imaging techniques
• Doctorate with distinction at the Ruhr University Bochum at the Department of Cell Biology with a focus on molecular biology, protein biochemistry, imaging techniques and neurophysiology; Scholarship holder of the Study Foundation of the German People
• Trained as a German and European Patent Attorney as well as a German and European Trademark and Design Lawyer at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and at the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) in Munich
• Studied "Law for Patent Attorneys" at Fern University Hagen

Technical specialties

• Life Sciences
• Genetics
• Imaging procedures
• Medicine
• Biochemistry
• Physiology
• Molecular biology

Legal fields

• National and international patent application and examination procedures
• Opposition and appeal proceedings
• National annulment and infringement proceedings
• National and international registration and examination procedures
• Opposition and nullity procedures
• National, European and international designs
• National utility models
• Worldwide IP applications including examination and grant procedures
• Strategic consulting "Intellectual Property"

Patent law activities

• German and International Trademark Law
• European patent law
• US patent law

Languages

• German
• English
• French

Courses/Publications/Lectures

• Course: Intellectual Property: Patenting in the Ing. -Wiss., lecture for students and doctoral students of natural and engineering sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum
• Internal training on US patent law
• Inventor advice at the Information Centre for Technology and Patents (ITP), TU-Dortmund; Advising start-ups and founders on intellectual property

Memberships

German Patent Attorneys' Association, EPI, FICP; Alumni of the Study Foundation of the German People

Interests

• Endurance sports (running, basketball)
• Hiking
• Travel