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Sabine Kossak

German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, European Trademark and Design Attorney, Counsel »IP is not just a profession – it’s a passion. Guiding clients through the options for protecting their IP and guarding their inventions and designs is like nurturing a seed or a sapling to become a tree.« Sabine Kossak’s practice involves patent prosecution and litigation in the fields of chemistry and material sciences. She has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property rights and an extensive knowledge of chemistry, demonstrating particular strength in technical chemistry and chemical process engineering. She earned her doctorate in polymer chemistry through a cooperative project with BASF Coatings, focusing on continuous polymerization processes. A further focus of her practice is design prosecution before both EUIPO and WIPO, and design litigation. Sabine Kossak is Vice-Chair of the GRUR Expert Committee for Design Law, member of the board of the German national group of AIPPI, the IPO Committee on Design Law, and the Knowledge Exchange Advisory Board of the University of Hamburg. In addition, she is a speaker at various conferences and gives lectures on patent law. · Bardehle Pagenberg

GermanyIntellectual Property, PatentsGerman, English

About

Counsel at Bardehle Pagenberg, Sabine Kossak is a German and European Patent Attorney and UPC Representative with over 20 years' experience focusing on patent prosecution and litigation in chemistry and materials as well as design and trademark prosecution and litigation. She holds a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry and serves in leadership roles including Vice‑Chair of the GRUR Expert Committee for Design Law.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatentsPatent LitigationDesignsTrademarksChemistry & Materials

Office

Expertise

Polymer ChemistryChemical Process EngineeringContinuous Polymerization ProcessesCoatingsMaterials SciencePatent ProsecutionPatent LitigationDesign Prosecution (EUIPO, WIPO)Design Litigation

Education

  • Ph.D. (Chemistry), Universität Hamburg (Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry)
  • Diploma in Chemistry (Diplom-Chemikerin), Universität Paderborn
  • Law for Patent Attorneys, FernUniversität Hagen

Admissions

  • German Patent Attorney (licensed 2003)
  • European Patent Attorney (licensed 2004)
  • UPC Representative
  • European Trademark and Design Attorney

Languages

GermanEnglish