Dr. rer. nat. Dieter Olpp

Dr. Dieter Olpp has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2009 and is admitted as a German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, and European Trademark and Design Attorney. Prior to that, he worked for many years in industrial research and development in the field of information and communications technology.

Dr. Olpp is involved in all patent law activities such as new applications and grant proceedings, opposition proceedings, patent nullity proceedings, and patent infringement proceedings. He is admitted as representative at the UPC (European Patent Litigator (UPC)) since June 2023.

At Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann, Dr. Olpp has worked for clients in the fields of plant engineering, machine tools, packaging technology, optical measurement technology, bicycle technology, and automotive engineering, among others.

Dr. Olpp is himself an inventor or co-inventor of numerous inventions which have led to successful patent applications and patents.

During his studies and doctorate, Dr. Olpp was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

since 2023
European Patent Litigator (UPC)

2019
Admission as German Patent Attorney

2014
Admission as European Patent Attorney

since 2009    
Patent engineer at WR

1996-2009
Central Research and Development at Siemens AG (Discrete Optimization, Intelligent Autonomous Systems)

1994-96
PhD in Discrete Mathematics (Graph Theory, Combinatorics and Discrete Optimization) at the TU Braunschweig

1988-93
Studies of mathematics and computer science at the TU Braunschweig and at the University of Cambridge

• Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
• Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)