Dr., Dipl. Ing., European Patent Attorney, Senior Counsel
Peter Kitzmantel

Professional career

1963 – 1971    Academic study of industrial chemistry at the Vienna Technical University
scientific work concerning compounds of phosphor and nitrogen at the intersection inorganic/organic

degrees obtained: Dipl.Ing. Dr. techn.

1970 – 1971    Assistant at the institute for inorganic chemisty at the Vienna Technical University

1972 – 1983    Patent engineer in the fields of chemistry and industrial engineering;
Head of the patent and licensing department of Semperit AG, Wien

1979 – 1983        European Patent Attorney

1983 – 1993    European Patent Office Munich, (principal) examiner in General Directorate 2

main working areas: polymer chemistry and engineering

1988 / 1990    WIPO trainer for patent examination in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay

1993 – 2003    European Patent Office Munich, technical member of the Boards of Appeal

main working area: polymers

2003    Lecturer for the patent academy of the European Patent Office;

Segundo Seminario sobre Propiedad Intelectual para Jueces y Fiscales de América Latina

2003 – 2010    European Patent Office Munich, chairman of Board of Appeal 3309;

main working areas: nutrition (including medical food); adhesives, layered products (all materials)

Member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

from  02/2010        European Patent Attorney, main working areas: chemical engineering, engineering and processing techniques


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Russian (moderate), Hungarian (basic)