Dr Martin Handwerk
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Chemist
Martin Handwerk advises and represents companies in the chemical industry, in particular from the areas of polymer chemistry, foodstuffs and pharmacy. The main focus of his work is on patent prosecution and opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office and on the preparation of freedom-to-operate and validity opinions.
Martin has long years of experience in the field of polymer chemistry, particularly polyolefins, and the fields of ophthalmic lenses and solutions and of pharmaceutical formulations and granulating processes. He formerly conducted research into carbohydrate and polyolato complexes.
Since 2016 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
2008-2016 | Patent attorney at two different IP law firms |
2004-2007 | Patent attorney trainee at an IP law firm |
2009 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
2008 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
2004-2006 | Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
2000-2003 | Doctoral degree in the field of bioinorganic chemistry from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
1994-2000 | Studied chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- FICPI
German, English