Since the invention of the microscope there are bacteria on earth.

Michail Genin

Dr. Katharina Klasen
Degree in biology

Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney,
UPC Representative (European Patent Litigator),
Partner

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