1967 - 1977 |
Academic studies in chemistry at Heidelberg University; |
1977
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Conferral of a doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Physical Chemistry;
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1977 - 1980 |
Academic lecturer; |
1978 - 1979 |
DFG research stipendiary at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; |
1980 |
Entry into BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Plastics Laboratory; |
1980 - 1985
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Research in the fields of electrically conductive polymers and flame retardants for polymers, 75 own patent applications; |
1985 |
Transfer to the Patent Department of BASF Aktiengesellschaft; |
1988
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Trainee at patent attorney firms in Washington D. C. and successful participation in the courses for the examiners of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; |
1989 |
European patent attorney examination; |
1992 - 1997
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General Manager in charge of the Patent/License/Trademark/Documentation- Department of BASF Coatings AG, Münster; |
1994 |
German patent attorney examination; |
1997 - 2013 |
Partner in the law firm Dres. Fitzner & Partner at Ratingen; |
2013 |
Formation of Patent attorney firm at Dorsheim; |
2014 |
Opening of a local branch at Gronau (Westfalen) |
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Teaching |
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1997 - 2013 |
Lecturer at Münster University;
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1997 - 2013
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Lecturer in the training courses for German patent attorney candidates and lecturer in the training courses for European patent attorney candidates at Hagen University; |
2013 - 2015
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Lecturer at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands, in the lecctorate Nanotechnology; |
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Honorary Post |
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Since 2005
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Honorary judge at the chamber for Patent Attorney Cases at the District Court München I und at the Supreme Provincial Court, München; |
Since 2020 |
Substitute Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) |
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Foundations |
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2019 |
Formation of the Dr. Elke and Dr. Volker Münch-Foundation for the Child and Youth Welfare St. Hildegard, Bingen am Rhein |
2020 |
Formation of the Dres.-Volker-und-Elke-Münch-Foundation for Science and Research at the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker GDCH |
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Author
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1992 |
„Patentbegriffe von A bis Z“, VCH Verlag;
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2010 |
„Patente, Marken, Design von A bis Z“, Wiley-VCH Verlag; |
2012
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Co-Author of the legal commentary „Fitzner/Lutz/Bodewig“, C. H. Beck Vahlen Verlag, „Die Neuheit im deutschen Patent- und Gebrauchsmusterrecht sowie im europäischen
Patentrecht“. |
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Cooperation
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in trustful cooperation with European Patent Attorney Dr. Hellmuth A. Deckers, LL.M., Ingelheim |