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| Education and professional experience: | |
| 1989 - 1995 | Studies and degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in electrical and computer engineering at Dresden University of Technology and North Carolina State University |
| 1995 - 1997 | Research fellow at Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, Dresden, at IMMS, Ilmenau, and at IMEC, Leuven, Belgium in the fields of signal processing, VLSI and system-on-a-chip design, member of the board of the ESPRIT project "PrOMInent" |
| 1997 - 1999 | Patent attorney's candidate in a renowned patent law firm in Munich, while studying "Law for Patent Attorneys" at Hagen University |
| 2000 - 2001 | Training in the field of intellectual property at the German Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court and the Civil Court in Munich (Patent Court) |
| 2001 | Registration as German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) and as European Trademark Attorney |
| since 2001 | with BETTEN & RESCH |
| 2002 | Registration as European Patent Attorney and European Design Attorney |
| 2004 - 2006 | Studies in the field of European IP law, degree: Master of Laws (LL.M.). |
| Main activities: | |
| Prosecuting patents and utility models, including opposition and nullity proceedings, infringement and validity opinion work in particular in the fields of telecommunications, signal processing, IC-design and electronics, medical appliances, computer-aided surgery, mechatronics, winding machines, as well as trademarks, designs and IP counseling, including portfolio management and IP due diligence. | |
| Languages: | |
| German, English, Russian, some knowledge of French. | |
