Dr Kerstin Wolff
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Microbiology
As a patent attorney at Maiwald, Kerstin Wolff’s work concerns all aspects of patent prosecution and enforcement in the field of biology.
Kerstin Wolff studied molecular biology and microbiology, with the focus on antibiotic resistance and redox regulation in mycobacteria. As a post-doctoral scholar, she worked first on redox homeostasis and redox-stress response in mycobacteria and later – as associate scientist/postdoctoral fellow – on the development of antibiotics against Staphylococcus, in particular on biofilms and wall teichoic acids.
| Since 2019 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
| 2015-2019 | Trainee patent attorney at Maiwald |
| 2019 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
| 2019 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
2015-2018 | Studying law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
2013-2015 | Associate scientist/Postdoctoral fellow at Merck Research Laboratories |
2012-2013 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Case Western Reserve University |
2007-2012 | Doctoral degree in the field of molecular biology and microbiology from the Case Western Reserve University |
| 2005-2007 | Bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry from the Case Western Reserve University |
| 2003-2005 | Studied pre-degree in biology at the University of Göttingen |
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
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