Matthias Hoffmann

Matthias Hoffmann, Graduate biologist

Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, UPC Representative

Partner

Matthias Hoffmann, Graduate biologist

Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, UPC Representative

Partner

Matthias Hoffmann works in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, biotechnology and process engineering, and materials science. He has many years of experience in the protection of active pharmaceutical ingredients such as "small molecules" and antibodies, as well as inventions in the field of "first and second medical use". In addition, the biologist formulates complex patent applications in the fields of medical technology and physics and accompanies the grant proceedings before the competent patent offices in Germany and abroad. In addition to patent applications and opposition proceedings, Matthias Hoffmann works in national and international trademark and design law and advises his clients in matters of employee invention law as well as in the drafting and negotiation of licence agreements. He has particular experience in due diligence proceedings. Outside of the firm, Matthias Hoffmann is involved, among other things, in advising start-ups on intellectual property law. Matthias Hoffmann heads our Leipzig office.

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+49 (0)341 30 868 300

Leipzig

German, English, Russian

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  • since 2017

    Partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann

  • since 2012

    Patent Attorney

  • until 2012

    Vice President Legal & Intellectual Property in Probiodrug AG

  • since 2006

    European Patent Attorney

  • until 2000

    Head of Department for Microbiology & Fermentation at the Institute for Bioanalytics, Environmental Toxicology and Biotechnology Halle GmbH

  • 1995

    Diploma thesis at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Technical University of Berlin on the elucidation of the function of new genes in Streptomyces spec.

  • 1990-1995

    Studies of biology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg und the Technical University Berlin

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