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What Motivates Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a patent attorney, I am confronted with very complex issues relating to patents, trade marks and designs each day. I love the intellectual challenge of understanding new technologies and finding the best solution in difficult situations. Breaking down these complex issues in a simple and understandable way so that even laypersons in this field can make the right decisions, is my aim. What is the most economically viable alternative for a company? How can we achieve a goal most effectively? With my large network, I can also help my clients beyond the specific issues of patent, trade mark and design law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And: I love to pass on my knowledge in a way that is as easy to understand as possible. Some colleagues criticise me for putting the industry out of work. I can only consider that the opposite is true, at least for me and the law office. Have a look on my Youtube channel<\/a>, where I have already published over 200 videos on patents, trade marks and designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How It Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How did I actually become a patent attorney? My first employer was a nanotechnology start-up that had spun off from the Bayer Group. After completing my doctorate in chemistry in this field at the State University of New York, it was certainly an exciting job. During my doctorate at John T. Welch, he had already assigned me to discuss the inventions with the patent attorney there. That was my first contact with the field. During my time at this nanotechnology start-up, I worked closely with a patent attorney on my own developments and was also always up to date on what the competition was working on based on the patents of competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, as is the case with some start-ups, this start-up went bankrupt. I was even unemployed for a short time. During this time, I spoke to various patent attorneys about how to become a patent attorney and what the day-to-day work of a patent attorney looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then took the bold step of training to become a patent attorney. On the one hand, after studying chemistry and gaining my doctorate, I had to do an apprenticeship as a patent attorney. On the other hand, I also had to study law for patent attorneys. And there is hardly any way back: Research companies practically don’t hire chemists who have left the lab. And in view of the fact that almost 3\/4 of all candidates always fail the examination for admission to the European Patent Office, this is not an easy decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I have never regretted this decision for a day and I am a patent attorney with great enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What my clients are saying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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