Patent attorney Dr. Klaus Potthast, LL.M. (Dipl.-Phys.)

European lawyer for trademarks and designs
Patent attorney Dr. Klaus Potthast, LL.M. (Dipl.-Phys.)

Patent attorney Dr. Klaus Potthast, LL.M. (Dipl.-Phys.)

History

  • 1987-1994 Study of physics at RWTH-Aachen
  • Diploma in interface research and vacuum physics at research center Jülich
  • 1994-1999 Scientific assistant at the Helmholtz-Institute for biomedical technology. Involved in development and auditing of prosthetic heart valves, blood pumps, cardiac catheters, stents and dialysis systems as well as development and realisation of a permanent test for prosthetic heart valves.
  • 2000 PhD at the faculty of mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen
  • 2000-2002 Scientific assistant at Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg
  • 2002-2005 training as a patent assessor
  • 2006 Sworn-in as german patent attorney and foundation of an attorney office in Düren
  • since 2006 european lawyer for trademarks and designs
  • 2010 unification with the patent attorney office Spengler in Ulm to form the patent attorney partnership POTTHAST & SPENGLER, Patentanwälte
  • since 2011 Master of Laws, master study of european commercial rights protection at FernUniversität Hagen
  • 2014 relocation of our office from Düren to Inden
  • 2015 change of the corporate form from patent attorney partnership POTTHAST & SPENGLER, Patentanwälte to partnership company POTTHAST & SPENGLER, Patentanwälte PartG mbB
  • 2016 our office was relocated from Inden to Merzenich