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*until 2009
**Consultant
THOMAS KNAPP, Dr.-Ing./ENSAE Dipl.-Ing.
Aerospace Engineer

Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney 
European Community Trademark and Design Attorney

Technical Education:
  • studies of aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart with specialization in carbon fiber composites
  • Doctor of Engineering by ENSAE (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace) in Toulouse, France, for his work on “Optimization of the Structural Operation Parameters of a Single-Engine Aircraft”

Work experience:

  • 1986 to 1990: development of a four-seater aircraft at the ENSAE (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace) in Toulouse, France
  • 1990 to 1995: project manager at various aerospace testing facilities as well as projects regarding industrial logistics for IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH) in Ottobrunn, near Munich 

Specialized in:

  • aerospace engineering
  • automobile technology
  • control and regulation technology
  • machine tools
  • civil engineering
  • sanitation technology
  • general mechanical and apparatus engineering
  • defense technology

Other work-related activities:

  • member of the examination committee for paralegal staff
  • member of the Chamber of German Patent Attorneys – Committee for “Patent Evaluation”

Member of:

  • the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
  • the European Patent Institute (epi)
  • the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys

Foreign languages:

  • English
  • French

Publications


DREISS PATENTANWÄLTE: an internationally operating patent attorney office with headquarters in Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg, Fed. Rep. of Germany). Assisting in intellectual property protection: patent and utility model protection, trademarks and rights of distinguishing marks, design protection and registered designs, license agreements and employee inventions.