DR. MARCUS ENGELHARD Dipl.-Biochem., PhD (Cambridge) (German Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney) studied biology, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK, and the universities of Frankfurt Main and Witten-Herdecke (both Germany). After raduation he obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge (Darwin College and Department of Biochemistry) on the folding and structure of proteins as well as high-resolution NMR-techniques for structure elucidation. After his PhD he was a postdoctoral worker at the Department of Biochemistry in Cambridge being involved in NMR structural research and undergraduate teaching. His interests focus on all intellectual property aspects of biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology and biotechnological applications. Markus Engelhard advises international organizations, government agencies, technology transfer agencies, universities, law firms, multinational corporations and small and medium sized enterprises. He has lectured on behalf of WIPO in WIPO’s Regional Capacity Building Workshops on Patent Drafting” for developing countries and has trained patent agents from nearly 30 countries.

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