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Dr. Franke is
a chemist and a patent attorney with extensive experience in
intellectual property
law. He started his carrier in two established patent law firms
in Munich, working on cases in German and European patent law.
Thereafter, he worked as an attorney with a major US patent law firm,
working on prosecution and litigation cases as well as opinion work in
Munich, Boston und Atlanta.
The
main focus of his practice is on the drafting and prosecution of patent
applications and on opinion work, in particular on patent validity
and freedom to operate analyses in the European
market.
Prior
to becoming a patent attorney Dr. Franke worked as a research scientist
in Germany and the USA. He has a broad technical background, in
particular in the following technical areas:
- Chemistry
- Life
Science
- Biotechnology
- Chemical
Engineering
- Pharmacy
- Medical
Devices
Dr. Franke received his doctoral
degree in Bioorganic Chemistry from the Institute of Biotechnology of
the Research Center Julich and the University of Bonn (summa cum laude).
From 2001 to 2004 he was a research scientist in the group of Professor
Dr. Chi-Huey Wong at the renowned Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in
La Jolla/USA also collaborating with Nobel Prize winner Barry Sharpless.
Dr.
Franke is the author of a significant number of peer reviewed publications
in the fields of Chemistry and Life Science. He has been
member of
the jury of the German research competition "Jugend forscht" in Bitburg
for more than ten years.
Contact: franke@hfpatent.de.
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