NILS T. F. SCHMID Dipl.-Ing., (German Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney) studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and at the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) in Pasadena, Los Angeles. Besides he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Metiers (ENSAM) in Paris with the Diplôme d'études Approffondies in the field of development and production of car bodies. He is active in many fields of mechanical engineering and is particularly interested in automotive engineering, site engineering and medical engineering.

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