Dr Gisela Gerstberger
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Chemist
Having herself worked for several years in the patent division of an international corporation, Gisela Gerstberger is very familiar with the internal procedures and structures usual in industrial environments, a fact which makes her ideally equipped to address clients' specific questions and needs. She supports clients in creating and maintaining their patent portfolios and provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of patent law.
Since 2018 | Counsel at Maiwald |
Since 2016 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
2014-2016 | Patent attorney at an IP law firm |
2006-2012 | Patent attorney at ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. in Brussels |
2002-2006 | Patent attorney at an IP law firm |
1999-2002 | Patent attorney trainee at an IP law firm |
2003 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
2002 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
1999-2002 | Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
1996-1999 | Doctoral degree in the field of inorganic chemistry and organometallic catalysis from the Technical University of Munich |
1991-1996 | Studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich |
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Advice on German employee invention law
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- FICPI
- GRUR
- VPP
German, English, Dutch, French