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Dr.-Ing. Felix Grödl

FELIX GRÖDL

PARTNER
PATENTANWALT
EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEY
EUROPEAN TRADEMARK AND DESIGN ATTORNEY

Main Activities

Dr.-Ing. Felix Grödl is a patent attorney for the various fields of mechanical engineering and mechatronics (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science), in particular medical technology and plastics technology. Another field of activity is robotics and automotive engineering.
Thanks to his doctorate at the Chair of Medical Engineering and his experience as a development engineer at WITTENSTEIN AG, Dr.-Ing. Felix Grödl has detailed knowledge of the development, simulation and verification of active implantable medical devices.
He represents German as well as international clients on all aspects of trademark, design, patent and utility model law as well as employee invention law. He is regularly active in patent prosecution proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office and coordinates foreign proceedings. A particular focus of his work is opposition and nullity proceedings as well as the enforcement of intellectual property rights in infringement proceedings. In addition, he regularly prepares expert opinions on patent law issues.
Furthermore, he represents clients before the European Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO in matters of European Union trademarks and Community designs.

Education and Professional Experience

2005 - 2010
Studies of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and the National University of Singapore, scholarship of the Max Weber Program of the Elite Network of Bavaria, degree Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.), diploma thesis at MITI, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, on the "Development of an instrument changer for flexible endoscopes".
2010 – 2013
Doctorate at the Chair of Medical and Plastics Engineering of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich in cooperation with the company WITTENSTEIN intens GmbH on the subject of "Transcutaneous energy transfer for active implants" Degree Dr.-Ing.
2014 – 2017
Patent attorney trainee with BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft mbB in Munich
2017
Admission as patent attorney at the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys
2018
Admission as representative before the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office
2017 – 2022
Patent Attorney with BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft mbB, Munich
2022
Partner of the patent law firm FLACH | BAUER | PARTNER

Admissions:
German Patent Attorney
Professional representative before the European Patent Office (EPO)
Professional representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante/Spain (EUIPO)

Languages:
German, English, basic knowledge of French