Dr. Phil. Dipl.-Chem. Cornelia Stoppkotte
Patentanwältin - European Patent Attorney - European Trademark Attorney
- Basic studies of chemistry and biology at the University of Bonn, studies of chemistry at the University of Freiburg i. Br., diploma thesis with emphasis on protein biochemistry
Research for three years in the fields of protein chemistry and biotechnology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, ph. D. thesis focusing on site-directed mutagenesis studies of the E. coli enzyme aspartate aminotransferase
- Legal and practical training in the patent firm Kuhnen, Wacker and Partners in Freising (later-on renamed as Winter, Brandl et al.) and at the German Patent and Trademark Office as well as at the Federal Patent Court; in parallel studies of "law for patent attorneys" at the Open University of Hagen
- Passing the final exams of the studies in Hagen in November 1996
Admitted as European patent attorney in September 1997
Admitted as German "Patentanwältin" in January 1998
- Until the middle of 2003 working as a free-lance patent attorney for the patent firm Winter, Brandl et al. in Freising, subsequently for the patent firm Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff in Munich
- As of June 1, 2003 starting own patent firm in Staufen i. Br. (situated between Freiburg i. Br. and Basel, Switzerland)
- As of January 1, 2014 relocation of the firm to Potsdam