Dr. Volker Wirth
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (UPC)
E‑Mail: v.wirth@dts.law
Tel:+49-(0)89–219996‑0
Fax:+49-(0)89–219996-99
Main areas of practice
- Patents and Utility Models
- Trademarks and Designs
- Prosecution, opposition, invalidation, infringement
Dr. Wirth has been working in the field of IP law since 2014. Since 2018, he has been a Patent Attorney before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and the Federal Patent Court (BPatG). He is professional representative before the European Patent Office (EPO) as well as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Technical fields
- Automotive industry, inter alia, lighting technology, electrical and autonomous driving, navigation systems, break systems
- Control and operating systems, human-machine interfaces
- Computer implemented inventions and software
- Mechanical and civil engineering
- Agricultural technology
- Biomedical analysis and assays
- Microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and assays
Career
- Studies of physics at Erlagen University, major in „Physics in Medicine“
- Diploma in the field of biophysics, undergraduate research project on protein-lipid-interactions
- PhD studies at Copenhagen University: Quantitative analysis of intracellular interactions between transmembrane Proteins (GPCR) and intracellular proteins (scaffolding proteins); biophysical and biochemical methods, in particular fluorescence microscopy (CLSM, TIRF‑M)
- Training as German Patent Attorney, including studies at the University of Hagen, internships at the Munich I Regional Court (Landgericht München I), German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and Federal Patent Court (BPatG)
- European Qualifying Examination before the European Patent Office
- 2023 Admission as European Patent Litigator (UPC)