Patents in Biotechnology

Dr. Joachim Wachenfeld

Biol.Patentanwalt, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark & Design Attorney

Vossius & Partner

Dr. Joachim Wachenfeld studied biology and American studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. After a brief research period at the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, he completed his Ph.D. at the Basle Institute for Immunology and at the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology in Freiburg im Breisgau. Dr. Wachenfeld joined the firm of VOSSIUS & PARTNER in 1990, and became a partner in the firm in 1997.

Dr. Wachenfeld has published various articles in his field and given numerous lectures in Germany and abroad. In 1998, he served as an adviser to the Commission of the European Communities.

Vossius & Partner is a partnership of patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law with offices in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and Basel. Established in Munich in 1961, it is today one of Europe’s leading IP firms with clients from all over the world.