Dr. Lorenz Obrecht
Dipl.-Chem.
Associate Patent Attorney
+49 211 99 689 -0 | obrecht@dpat.de | LinkedIn
Dr. Norbert Struck advises domestic and foreign clients in patent matters in all physical and engineering fields as well as in design and trademark matters. His main practice areas are litigation on the one hand and the drafting of patent applications on the other hand, which he prosecutes until grant. In his practice, out-of-court solutions often bring more benefit to the client than long and costly court proceedings. One of Norbert’s particular strengths is his precise thinking through of technical and legal issues, which enables him to achieve optimal results in patent examination proceedings, opposition and nullity proceedings, and patent infringement cases.
“What excites me about my work as a patent attorney is getting insights into innovations at the spearhead of technological development.“
– Lorenz Obrecht
Protective Rights
- Patents and Utility Models
- SPCs
- Trademarks
- Designs
Technical fields
- Chemistry
- Biotechnology
- Life Science
- Materials science
- Pharmaceuticals
- Food products
- Cosmetics
Memberships
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys
- FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
- VPP – Association of Intellectual Property Experts
Hobbies
- Reading
- Bicycling
- Soccer
Special expertise
- Drafting patent applications
- Supervising examination proceedings in Germany, Europe and international examination proceedings
- Conducting searches for prior art or conflicting intellectual property rights
- FTO expert opinions
- Supervising international IP portfolios
- Preparing and conducting opposition and nullity proceedings
Professional representation
- German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
- Federal German Patent Court (BPatG)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in nullity proceedings
Education
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Patentanwalt
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European Trademark and Design Attorney
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Diploma in Chemistry (RWTH Aachen)
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Ph.D. (University of St Andrews)
Languages
- German
- English
Detailed Profile
Dr. Lorenz Obrecht studied chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University and graduated in 2009 with his diploma thesis in the field of organic chemistry as a “Diplom-Chemiker”. In the course of his studies, he spent three months at the University of York in England conducting research in the field of theoretical chemistry.
During his doctorate studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland in the department of Chemistry, he focused on the synthesis of new catalysts based on chemically and biologically modified enzymes and their application in various chemical reactions. The focus of his work was at the interface of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry and related analytics.
He presented his research results at international and national conferences as well as in the form of scientific publications to interested experts.
Lorenz has been working for our firm in the field of intellectual property since 2016. In 2020 Dr. Obrecht received his admission as a German Patent Attorney.
Lorenz mainly advises and represents international companies in patent matters. In addition to drafting patent applications and managing the examination procedure, his expertise also includes the enforcement and invalidation of intellectual property rights.
His particular expertise covers the fields of chemistry and biochemistry.
Dr. Obrecht is with GILLE HRABAL since 2016.