Team

Admitted as representative before the following institutions:

• German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
• European Patent Office (EPA)
• Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property (EUIPO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Federal Patent Court (BPatG)
• Federal Court of Justice (BGH)

Membership in associations and organizations

• International Federation of Patent Attorneys (FICPI)
• Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)
• Licensing Executives Society German National Group (LES)
• German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)
• Association of Patent Attorneys of North Rhine-Westphalia

Career

• Extensive practical work in various companies in the raw materials industry from 1981 to 1986
• Completed study of engineering at the RWTH Aachen, April 1988
• Training in the field of intellectual property with the patent attorneys Dr. König & Bergen, Düsseldorf, the District Court Düsseldorf and the patent authorities in Munich
• Started legal practice with patent attorney Dipl.-Ing. Bruno Schmetz, Aachen 1991
• Founded the patent attorney firm Dipl.-Ing. Kai Kohlmann in Aachen 1992