Joachim Mader's practice focuses on the prosecution of patents and utility models in the field of mechanical and chemical engineering, including opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office. Among his clients are one of the world's largest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products and one of Europe's leading manufacturers of automotive connectors. Joachim Mader has particular experience in the preparation and evaluation of patent portfolios for due diligence analyses as well as validity and infringement opinions.

1998	Research Assistant and diploma thesis with DaimlerChrysler AG, Ulm
1999-2001	Development Engineer in the R&D department of the BMW Group, Munich
2002-2004	Trainee at the patent law firm Zipse and Habersack, Munich
Since 2005	Associate of the firm "Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler", Munich

1993-1998	Studies of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aachen (TH), Germany;
	Degree of Dipl.-Ing. from the University of Aachen (TH), Germany
2004-2005	Trainee at the German Patent Office and at the Federal German Patent Court
2005	Admitted to the German Bar of Patent Attorneys
2006	Admittted as European Patent Attorney

German, English