Graduate Physicist, German Patent Attorney, European Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney
Dr. Markus Lichtnecker has been working in the field of intellectual property law since 2011. His main technical topics cover mechanical engineering and physics, particularly mechanics. His fields of activity amongst others are the automobile and automotive sector, the area of building technique, food processing, cleaning technology, as well as medical technology. He prepares and files your patent applications, assists during the patent approval procedure and opposition proceedings, and assists in the event you need to prosecute your patents. Dr. Lichtnecker is author and co-author of several international scientific publications.
Languages: German, English
Main fields of practice: Patent Law, Utility Model Law, Design Law and Trademark Law
Professional Experience
| 2015 | Founding of LICHTNECKER & LICHTNECKER Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB |
| 2015 | Admitted as professional representative before the European Patent Office (European Patent Attorney) |
| 2014-2015 | Patent attorney at one of the leading patent attorney’s offices in Munich |
| 2014 | Admitted as professional representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (ex: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market) (European Trademark and Design Attorney) |
| 2014 | Admitted as German patent attorney at the German Chartered Institute of Patent Agents |
| 2011-2014 | Patent attorney trainee at one of the leading patent attorney’s offices in Munich |
| 2008-2011 | Research assistant / scientific employee at the Chair for Experimental Particle Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) |
Education
| 2013-2014 | “Amtsjahr” at the German Patent- and Trademark Office (DPMA) and the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) |
| 2012 | Education (internship) at the Chamber for Patent Disputes at the Regional Court Mannheim |
| 2011-2013 | Studies of Law for Patent Attorneys at Hagen University |
| 2011 | Degree of Dr. rer. nat. at the Faculty of Physics of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) with the subject “Determination of alpha_s via the Differential 2-Jet-Rate with ATLAS at LHC” |
| 2008-2011 | PhD student at the Chair for Experimental Particle Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva |
| Scholarship student at the graduate research training group “Particle Physics at the Energy Frontier of New Phenomena” | |
| Associated member of the “International Max-Planck Research School for Elementary Particle Physics” (IMPRS) | |
| 2008 | Academic degree Diplom-Physiker (Univ.) (Dipl.-Phys.) |
| 2007-2008 | Diploma thesis on Experimental Particle Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva |
| 2003-2008 | Studied Physics with additional specialization in Computer Science, (Astro)Particle Physics and Quantum Physics Ultracold Atoms at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 2003 | General qualification for university entrance (Abitur) at the Karl-von-Closen Gymnasium (Eggenfelden/Gern) |