Services and Pricing
$ 352
hourly rate
$ 1650
fixed fee for responding to substantive EPO / UKIPO communication, e.g. EESR, Examination report, IPRP.
$ 3300
fixed project fee for drafting new mechanical patent application comprising 5 drawings or less or 1 or 2 embodiments
$ 3300
fixed fee for drafting EPO notice of opposition, asssuming 10 or less prior art citations for review and search coducted externally
$ 4400
fixed fee for preparing for and representing applicant at EPO oral proceedings (examination or opposition)
About
I have over 10 years of experience in the patent profession, largely practicing in the medical device sector. I have particular expertise in prosecution and post-grant opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO).
I represent clients from individual inventors to multinational companies with large patent portfolios. I pride myself on fully understanding the subtleties of the technology at issue and recognising the associated business interests of clients. I aim to proactively propose optimal solutions for obtaining commercially relevant patent protection, while always striving for maximum time and cost efficiency in my work. I have experience with offering and implementing alternative billing arrangements.
For international clients, I take care to ensure that their patent scope requirements are met as fully as possible under the particularities of European patent law and practice.
I studied physics at University College London and was awarded a first class degree with honours. I have previously worked in another private practice patent firm based in Munich between 2002 and 2006, where I trained and qualified as a European patent attorney. I joined the Munich office of Hoffmann • Eitle in 2007 and qualified as a British Patent Attorney the same year. I became associate partner of Hoffmann Eitle in 2013.
I have been a European Patent Institute (EPI) tutor since 2011 and also tutor in-house for part qualified British attorneys to pass the Chartered Patent Attorney examinations.
My leisure interests include road cycling and I generally take in at least one famous (in cycling circles) mountain pass per summer. I also play amateur football (soccer) at a reasonable level, and serve as director of football of my club.
Work history
Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB, Patent Attorney
Drafting, prosecuting, defending and opposing patent applications and patents at the EPO and UKIPO. Particular experience in representing clients at oral proceedings at the EPO.
Dehns, Patent Attorney trainee
Dehns, Patent Attorney
Education and qualifications
UCL B.Sc., Physics (first class with honours)
Publications
http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2015/03/12/how-attractive-will-the-european-patent-with-unitary-effect-ep-ue-be-for-applicants/
