Patent Attorneys

Christopher  Brückner

Christopher Brückner

Dr. rer. nat., appr. Apotheker

German Patent Attorney

Location München

Born 1965

christopher.brueckner@bardehle.de
T +49.(0)89.928 05-0

In his practice as a patent attorney, Christopher Brückner focuses on prosecution and infringement proceedings concerning patents and utility models as well as opposition and nullity proceedings. His technical specialization encompasses Pharmacology, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry as well as medical products. In the framework of his former profession as a pharmacist, Christopher Brückner gained experience in the consultation of patients, in-vitro testing and clinical trials of medical substances as well as in questions regarding regulatory procedures.

Based on the rarely combined qualifications as a pharmacist and patent attorney as well as his extensive industry experience, Christopher Brückner frequently counsels enterprises of the pharmaceutical industry and manufacturers of medical devices, in particular on questions regarding Pharmacology, Galenics and proceedings with the regulation authorities.


Career

1998 – 2000

Post-doctoral studies at the Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin

2000 – 2002

Consultant in the Dep. of medical-scientific consultation/clinical research at Dr. Mann, Berlin

2002 – 2005

Patent Attorney trainee at two German patent law firms

2005 – 2008

Patent Assessor in the patent department of an internationally active German corporation.

Since 2008

Patent Attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich

Education

1989 – 1995

Studies of Pharmacy at the Freie Universität Berlin

1995

Approbation as a pharmacist

1995 – 1998

Thesis (with a Schering scholarship) at Humboldt University Berlin; topical focus on in-vitro models for drug screening

1999

Degree of Dr. rer. nat.

2004 – 2005

Professional training for patent attorneys at the German Patent and Trademark Office, at the Federal Patent Court and at the District Court Berlin

2008

Admitted as German Patent Attorney

Languages

German, English