Retired partner, German patent attorney, European patent attorney, European trademark and design attorney

• Born 1954 in Duisburg. Studied mechanical engineering as well as completing a postgraduate study program in business and economics at the Technical University of Munich.
• He began his training in patent law in 1981, and was admitted as German patent attorney in 1985 and as European patent attorney in 1986.
• Mr. Schmitz is a founding partner of the law firm.

Areas of expertise:

• General mechanical engineering
• Biomedicine
• Automotive engineering
• Food service technology
• Turbochargers

Scientific and practical expertise in the area of biomedical technology.

• Lecturer at the Technical Academy Wuppertal e.V.
• Guest Lecturer at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

Fields of expertise:

• Patents, trademarks and design rights
• Appeals, opposition and invalidity proceedings
• Revocation and patent infringement proceedings

Languages: German, English, Italian, French