Staff
Employees
No perfect performance without functioning support. Our patent attorneys are supported by an excellently trained team of patent paralegals, clerks and foreign language correspondents.
For special technical questions we can rely on reliable specialists in various technical disciplines.
Patent Attorneys
Patent Attorney
Dr. Betram Rapp
Graduate Physicist
Patent attorney since 1993.
Studied physics at the University of Ulm, specializing in biophysics and liquid crystals.
Mainly active in physical and process engineering as well as in the field of trademark law.
Member of numerous national and international associations and federations in the fields of patent, trademark and licensing law.
Patent Attorney
Dr. Stefan Gehrsitz
Graduate Physicist
Patent attorney since 2002.
Studied physics at the University of Würzburg and obtained a doctorate at the ETH Lausanne in the fields of semiconductor technology and interferometry.
Main areas of practice in the field of physical engineering, physical chemistry, electrical engineering and in the field of design and trademark law.
Patent Attorney
Ulrich Wohlfarth
Chartered Engineer
Patent attorney since 2006.
Studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, followed by scientific and teaching activities in the field of electrical drive systems and power electronics.
Main areas of activity in the field of general electrical engineering, mechatronics, electrical drive systems, power electronics, control engineering and trademark law.
Lecturer at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Ulster.
Patent Attorney Trainees
Patent Attorney Trainee
Dr. Helena vom Stein
M. Sc. Materials Science
Patent attorney trainee since 2023.
Studied materials science at RWTH Aachen University and ETH Zurich and obtained doctorate at the University of Augsburg in the field of interfacial phenomena and particle technology.
Specializes in materials science, physical engineering and physical chemistry.
Our patent attorneys are members of
BVMW (Bundesverband Mittelständische Wirtschaft) https://www.bvmw.de
Bayerischer Patentanwaltsverein https://www.bay-pat.com
Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte e.V. https://www.bundesverband-patentanwaelte.de
Deutsche Landesgruppe der AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) https://aippi.org
ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association) https://ecta.org
EPI (European Patent Institute) https://patentepi.org
FICPI (Federation International des Conseils en Propriete Intellectuelle) https://ficpi.org
GRUR (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht) http://www.grur.org
INTA (International Trade Mark Association) https://www.inta.org
Marques (Society of European Trade Mark Owners) https://www.marques.org
Patentanwaltskammer https://www.patentanwalt.de/
PTMG (Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group) https://ptmg.org
VDI www.vdi.de
VPP (Verband der deutschen Pateningenieure und Patentassessoren) https://www.vpp-patent.de
Wirtschaftsjunioren Augsburg www.wjaugsburg.de