Description: Professor Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Wablat has been providing advisory services on the strategic use of IP rights, in patent grant proceedings as well as in opposition and appeal proceedings and national and international patent infringement proceedings for 40 years, in particular in the fields of biotechnology, chemistry and pharmaceuticals. He has extensive expertise in all aspects of operational patent practice, including drafting patent applications, conducting grant proceedings for small and large portfolios and complex opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO). He also assists in comprehensive freedom-to-operate analyses and portfolio examinations.

Departments: Employee invention law, Biotechnology/Lifesciences, Chemistry/Pharmaceutical, Clean and Green Technologies, Design law, Due Diligence and Freedom to Operate Opinion, M & A support, Trademark law, Medical technology, Organisation of IP management systems, Property right evaluation, Plant variety protection, Strategic use of intellectual property rights, Process engineering.