Dr. rer. nat. Josef Linsmeier

Dr. Linsmeier has been working in the field of intellectual property since 1998 and advises clients on all issues related to obtaining and defending technical property rights, ensuring freedom of action against third party property rights, and employee invention law. Due to his former work in industry, Dr. Linsmeier is also very familiar with the entrepreneurial view of industrial property rights.

Dr. Linsmeier's main areas of practice include drafting patent applications, conducting application and examination proceedings of German, European and international patent applications, as well as opposition and opposition appeal proceedings, conducting patent searches, monitoring third party intellectual property rights and preparing expert opinions on the legal status and infringement of third party intellectual property rights. He is admitted as representative at the UPC (European Patent Litigator (UPC)) since June 2024.

Dr. Linsmeier's technical focus includes the following fields: medical imaging, medical technology, sensor technology, electrical energy storage technology, automotive technology, wind energy technology, and computer-implemented inventions.

since 2024
European Patent Litigator (UPC)

since 2010
Patent Attorney at the law firm Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann

2002-2010
Patent Attorney at Agfa HealthCare (industry: medical imaging, IT support of clinical workflows, management of medical images)

1999-2002
Patent Attorney at Giesecke & Devrient (industry: banknotes, banknote processing systems, smart cards)

1998-1999
Patent engineer in a medium-sized patent law firm in Munich

1994 – 1998
Dissertation at the Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg ( Dr. rer. nat.)

1993-1994
Diploma thesis at the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) in Würzburg

1988-1994
Study of physics at the University of Würzburg (Dipl.-Phys.)

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