Work history
Patent Attorney (Germany)
European Patent Attorney
European Design and Trademark Attorney
Intellectual Property Law Service, especially in the fields of Chemistry (Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrochemistry, Structural Chemistry and Physicochemistry) und Pharmaceutics (opinions, litigation, worldwide prosecution of applications)
Education and qualifications
CEIPI - Université de Strasbourg Diplôme Universitaire Contentieux des Brevets en Europe,
Fernuniversität Hagen Master of Laws (LL.M.), Europäischer Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz
Patent Law Firm in Munich ,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / University of Muenster PhD, Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley ,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / University of Muenster Diploma, Chemistry
The University of Edinburgh , Chemistry
Publications
C. Köster, “A Micro-Comparison of Patent Law – Admissibility of Divisional Patent Applications Before the State Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office” ZChinR, 2011, 4, 255
C. Köster, “Article 123(2) EPC, Recent Case Law and a Chessboard” epi Information, 2012, 3, 71
C. Köster, “Mind the step(s)!”
The Patent Lawyer, 2012, Nov-Dec, 2-3
C. Köster, “The ‘spider-in-the-web’ doctrine”
The Patent Lawyer, 2013, Mar-Apr, 2-3
D. Gurfinkel, C. Köster, J. Walker, “Recent Changes in International IP Protection: Europe, the United States and Australia/New Zealand in Comparative Perspective”
China Intellectual Property Magazine, 2013, 5-6, 74-77
C. Köster, “Oppositions against European patents: Three successful examples of oppositions lodged by Indian opponents”
Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, 2014, 19(3), 97-103
