Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Office Regensburg:
Phone +49 941 698263-40
Fax +49 941 698263-99
Office Hofkirchen:
Phone +49 8545 969096
Fax +49 8545 969097
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Areas of Practice
- Patents
- Utility models
- Patent strategies
- Trademarks
- Designs
- German law on employee inventions and inventors' compensation
- Prosecution
- Litigation
- Licensing
- Technology transfer
- Evaluation of technology and patent portfolios
- Consulting of start-ups
- Co-operations between R&D institutes and industry
Technical Fields
- Physics
- Optics
- Polymer physics
- Plastics technology and engineering
- Electrical and process engineering
- Mechanical engineering, automotive
- Semiconductor technology
- Medical technology and engineering
- Bio technology
- Inorganics
- Computer technology
- Acoustic technology
Professional Experience and Education
Since 2014: Managing partner and co-owner of intellectual property law firm Reichert & Lindner Partnerschaft Patentanwälte
2006 - 2014: Managing partner and owner of intellectual property law firm Reichert & Kollegen
Further professional experience and education:
- Leica Microsystems GmbH (former Leica Microsystems AG), Wetzlar, Germany; Head of Corporate Patents & Trademarks Department; Member of the Corporate Management Team; Executive Secretary (pro cura); global intellectual property management for all business units
- Eastman Kodak Company, Head Office, Rochester, New York, USA; European Patent Attorney
- Kodak GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Regensburg, Institute for Applied Physics; assistant lecturer
- IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, USA; post-doctoral assignment in the area of adhesion of polymer films to the Si-wafer surface
- Research and Technology Transfer Dept. at the University of Regensburg (FUTUR); foundation and management
- PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Regensburg; instructed by Professor Dr. D. Goeritz
- Study of Physics (Master of Physics) at the University of Regensburg, Germany
Professional Associations and Memberships
- German Patent Attorney Chamber
- European Patent Institute (EPI), member and tutor
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
- German Association for Intellectual Property Rights (GRUR)
- American Industrial Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
Pro Bono Activities
- European Patent Institute (EPI), tutor for patent attorney candidates
- Oct. 2008: Speaker and panel discussant at AIPLA Conference, Washington D.C., «Considerations in Europe Including Scope of Patent Protection and the European (OHIM) Design System»
- Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of Committee for Intellectual Property
- Fraunhofer Association, Member of Committee for Intellectual Property
- Lions Club Regensburg, member, president 2014/2015, 2018/19
Languages
- German
- English
- Japanese (basic knowledge)
