| Education and professional experience: |
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| 1984 - 1990 |
Studies in physics at the University of Munich; diploma thesis under the supervision of Prof. Hänsch |
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| 1990 - 1992 |
Doctorate in the field of semiconductor physics under the supervision of Professor Kotthaus |
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| 1993 - 1995 |
Patent attorney's candidate in a renowned patent law firm in Munich while studying "Law for Patent Attorneys" at Hagen University |
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| 1995 - 1996 |
Education at the German Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court and the Civil Court in Duesseldorf (Patent Court) |
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| 1997 |
Summer school at CASRIP center at the University of Washington; trainee with the firm Seed & Berry in Seattle for two months |
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| since 1999 |
with BETTEN & RESCH |
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| Main activities: |
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| As German and European patent attorney Alexander Esslinger is drafting and prosecuting patent applications for his clients before the German and European patent office as well as defending or attacking patents in oppositions. His main technical areas are semiconductor technology, computer software, electronics, telecommunications, medical appliances, optics, and nanotechnology. Increasingly, patent litigation including opinion work has become an even more important part of his practice. He has now over ten years of experience in patent litigation before the Federal patent court in Munich as well as the patent infringement courts in Duesseldorf, Mannheim and Munich, including participation in several multiple jurisdiction patent disputes. |
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| Further activities: |
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Chairman of CET software protection committee of FICPI (Federation Internationale des Conseils en Proprieté Industrielle),
Member of the computer software commission of the German Patent Attorneys' Insititute. |
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| Several publications and presentations on IP topics. |
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| Languages: |
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| German, English. |
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