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Counsel

Dr. Lukas Delvos

Counsel

German Patent Attorney

European Patent Attorney

UPC Representative

Chemist

Lukas Delvos advises universities, private research institutions, and companies in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors on matters of German, European, and international patent law. He has extensive experience in drafting patent applications, obtaining patents before the German Patent Office as well as the European Patent Office, and managing global patent granting procedures. His key areas of expertise also include representing clients in opposition and appeal proceedings before the German Patent Office and the European Patent Office, as well as preparing freedom-to-operate analyses and validity opinions.

Lukas Delvos studied chemistry and biochemistry at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, complemented by international academic stays at the Université de Montréal in Canada and the École Polytechnique in France. He subsequently earned his doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin in the field of organic chemistry, conducting research in organic synthesis and catalysis. Through his many years of practice as a patent attorney at Maiwald, Lukas Delvos has also gained in-depth knowledge in other technical fields, including functional fillers, ceramics, polymer chemistry, and small molecule drugs.

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since 2019
Patent attorney at Maiwald
2016 - 2019
Trainee patent attorney at Maiwald

2023
Admitted to practice before the UPC
2021
Admitted to practice as European patent attorney
2019
Admitted to practice as German patent attorney
2016 - 2019
Studying law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen
2011 - 2015
Doctoral degree in the field of organic chemistry from the Technical University of Berlin
2009 - 2011
Master’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Munich, the Université de Montréal and the École Polytechnique

  • Patent prosecution and portfolio management
  • Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
  • Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
  • Opposition and nullity proceedings

  • Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service e. V. (DAAD)

  • German Patent Attorney Association
  • EPI

  • German
  • English