Partner in Patentanwaltskanzlei Matschnig & Forsthuber since 2008
Austrian Patent Attorney since 2003, European Trademark Attorney, European Patent Attorney since 2002
expert lay judge at the Commercial Court of Vienna since 2011, and at the Supreme Court of Austria since 2019
Education
Studies of Engineering Physics at Technical University of Vienna, dissertation in the field of high temperature super conduction at Technical University of Vienna, research assistant at the institute for experimental physics of Technical University of Vienna, research stay at the „Department of Material Science and Technology“ of Kyoto University; several years of experience in the construction of special-purpose machines in the semiconductor industry
Technical fields (Selection)
Mechanics, physics, solid-state physics, optics, acoustics, biotechnology, computer implemented inventions, software, semiconductor technology, medical engineering, microsystems engineering, nanotechnology, particle optics
Memberships
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI), substitute member of the EPI-council; Union-IP
Languages
German, English, French; basic knowledge: Spanish, Japanese
