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Lutz Kietzmann
Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
Mechanical Engineer
LL.M. (Intellectual Property)
Lutz is deeply familiar with a wide range of hydraulic and pneumatic systems, automotive, transmission and forming technologies, industrial automation, especially robotics, electrification, measuring and control technologies as well as software-implemented inventions in these areas. He has particular expertise in the fields of renewable energies, mainly wind power. Most of his work relates to German and European intellectual property protection, in particular patent applications as well as opposition and infringement proceedings.
"Mechanical engineer Lutz Kietzmann has deep familiarity with hydraulic, pneumatic, automotive and transmission systems, and has also drafted numerous patent applications in the field of industrial automation, including software-implemented inventions. He is also skilled in windturbine technology."
– IAM Patent 1000, 2023
"Lutz Kietzmann is also a highly skilled mechanical engineer as well as a renewable energies maven. He leverages more than two decades of experience in the patent field to supply his following with a personalised service and bespoke IP solutions."
– IAM Patent 1000, 2024
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Patent litigation
- Listed as best lawyer 2025 in Handelsblatt in the categorie patent law
- Recommended in IAM Patent 1000 “World’s Leading Patent Professionals” 2023, 2025
- Recommended in Handelsblatt | Best Lawyers „Deutschlands Beste Anwälte" 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA 2022, 2023, 2024
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2022, 2023, 2024
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- AIPLA
- INTA
- VPP
- FICPI
- BWE
- German
- English
