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Ralf Kotitschke

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney UPC Representative Physicist · Maiwald GmbH

GermanyIntellectual Property, Patent ProsecutionGerman, English, French

About

Partner at Maiwald GmbH and German and European patent attorney and UPC representative with a background in physics. Advises on patent prosecution and opposition proceedings, clearance and validity opinions, design law and employee inventions, with a technical focus on medical, automotive, laboratory and semiconductor technologies and optics.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatent ProsecutionOppositionsDesign LawEmployee Inventions

Office

Expertise

Medical DevicesAutomotiveLaboratory EquipmentSemiconductorsOpticsOptoelectronicsHigh Pressure Physics

Education

  • Doctoral degree in the field of high pressure physics and optoelectronics, University of Surrey (1996–1999)
  • Studied physics, Ulm University and the Colorado State University (1989–1995)
  • Studied law for patent attorneys, University of Hagen (2000–2002)

Admissions

  • Admitted to practice before the UPC (2023)
  • Admitted to practice as European patent attorney (2005)
  • Admitted to practice as German patent attorney (2004)

Languages

GermanEnglishFrench