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.

 

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 Dost Altenburg Geissler", Munich

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

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