DREISS PATENTANWÄLTE: an internationally operating patent attorney office with headquarters in Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg, Fed. Rep. of Germany), serving not only small and medium-sized enterprises, but also individual inventors and multi-national companies in regard to patent, trademark and design protection, as well as all other areas of intellectual property protection (patent and utility model rights, trademark rights and rights of distinguishing marks, protection for utility models and registered designs, license agreements, employee inventions). The special technical areas of focus at Dreiss Patentanwälte Partnership are: electricity and semiconductor technology, mechanical engineering and plant construction, control and regulation technology, energy technology, manufacturing technology, automotive technology, plastics technology, software and computers, medical technology, process technology and chemistry.