Partner in Patentanwaltskanzlei Matschnig & Forsthuber since 2020
Austrian Patent Attorney and European Trademark Attorney since 2016
European Patent Attorney since 2011
European Patent Litigator before the Unified Patent Court of the EU
Expert lay judge at the Commercial Court of Vienna since 2022
Member of the Committe on Legal Affairs and of the Disciplinary Board of the Austrian Patent Attorney Chamber
Author in Stadler/Koller (eds.): PatG (2019) (commentary book to Austrian Patent Law)
Education
Studies of food- and biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna; dissertation with focus on nano-biotechnology, biochemistry and biophysics; postdoctoral research; worked in public technology funding, with emphasis on technology transfer, patent- and licensing-management
Technical fields (Selection)
Life sciences, biochemistry, biotechnology, biochemistry and genetics, nano(bio)technology, biophysics, chemistry and chemical engineering, food technology, medical and pharmaceutical inventions, medical engineering
Memberships
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI);
INTAFICPI, INTA, ECTA, AIPPI
Languages
German, English, Italian, French
