DR. WALTER HOORMANN Dipl.-lng., Dr.-Ing., (German Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney) studied General Mechanical Engineering at the Hannover University. After several years in which he first worked as a R&D Engineer, and then as Scientific Assistant at Hannover University, he wrote his thesis in the Vibration/Oscillation Handling Technology, particularly the damping by the conveyed material, and the mass coupling thereof. As a Patent Attorney he works in various fields of mechanical engineering, particularly conveying technology. Besides his work as an Attorney he gives lectures in Industrial Property Law at the Wilhelms-University at Münster (Nordrhein Westfalen).

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