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Vinzenz Brauneck

German Patent Attorney

European Patent Attorney

UPC Representative

Mechanical Engineer

Vinzenz Brauneck advises and represents a wide range of clients, from individual inventors, startups and medium-sized companies to large corporations, in prosecuting, defending enforcing and contesting intellectual property rights in Germany, Europe and worldwide. One of his main areas of expertise is preparing patent applications for examination at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office. He handles opposition and appeal proceedings as well as infringement and nullity proceedings before the various tribunals, and prepares expert opinions, in the areas of freedom-to-operate, validity and infringement.

As a qualified mechanical engineer with an affinity for all kinds of technology, he mainly advises companies in the fields of automotive technology, compression technology, mechanical and plant engineering and medical technology.

Vinzenz Brauneck has extensive experience in the technical fields of drive and transmission technology, alternative drives, chassis technology, autonomous driving, pressure technology, compressors, pneumatics, hydraulics, measurement and control technology and electrical engineering.

Before qualifying as a patent attorney, he worked as an engineer for vehicle and powertrain development at TESIS DYNAware GmbH. Whilst there, he worked on several projects for BMW Efficient Dynamics.

since 2024
Patent attorney at Maiwald
2021 - 2024
Patent attorney at a German IP firm
2016 - 2021
Patent attorney trainee at a German IP firm
2011 - 2016
Development engineer in the automotive industry

2023
Admitted to practice before the UPC
2021
Admitted to practice as European Patent Attorney
2021
Admitted to practice as German Patent Attorney
2019
Internship at the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf
2017 - 2019
Studied "Law for Patent Attorneys" at the FernUniversität in Hagen
2004 - 2011
Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich

  • Patent grant procedures and portfolio management
  • Application strategies and drafting applications
  • Freedom-to-operate and legal validity opinions
  • Opposition and nullity proceedings
  • Infringement proceedings

  • German Chamber of Patent Attorneys
  • epi
  • VPP
  • German Patent Attorneys Association
  • VDI

  • German
  • English