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Senior Associate

Christopher Holtby

Senior Associate

Chartered Patent Attorney (UK)

European Patent Attorney

M.Sc. Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Christopher is an experienced European and Chartered Patent Attorney (UK) in the engineering team in Munich.

Christopher has drafted, filed, and prosecuted a considerable number of European, international and UK patent applications since joining the profession in 2003, in areas of technology including software, electronics, telecommunications, electrical and mechanical engineering, and medical devices. He also has experience of opposition and appeal proceedings.

since 2020
Patent attorney at Maiwald
2006-2020
Patent attorney at IP law firms
2003-2006
Trainee patent attorney at a UK IP law firm

2006
Admitted to practice as European Patent Attorney
2006
Admitted to practice as UK Patent Attorney
1997-2001
Master’s degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Durham

  • Patent examination proceedings and portfolio management
  • Application strategies and drafting of patent applications
  • Freedom-to-operate and validity opinions
  • Opposition and nullity proceedings

  • CIPA
  • epi
  • EUIPO
  • Patentanwaltskammer

  • English
  • German