We are Keller Schneider, your experts for all matters relating to intellectual property.

Keller Schneider is a merger of the former Keller & Partner Patentanwälte AG and Schneider Feldmann AG Patent- und Markenanwälte. Together with K P Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, we operate under the Keller Schneider logo and offer you bundled expertise.

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We perform

• Solutions
• Legal areas
• Technical areas

 

Solutions

We are masters of our trade as patent attorneys: filing, defending and enforcing intellectual property rights, as well as attacking and destroying opposing intellectual property rights (more under "legal fields").

However, we want to offer our clients more than just legal building blocks. Our aim is to provide solutions for entrepreneurial tasks and special challenges. To this end, we work closely with Integrate-IP GmbH, our partner for searches and patent data analysis.

For managing directors and technical managers

For IP managers of larger portfolios

For developers and project managers

For start-ups

For investors

 

Legal areas

We focus on the legal fields of patents, designs and trademarks. We represent our clients directly before the Institute for Intellectual Property (Switzerland), the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). We are also admitted to practice as patent attorneys before both the Swiss and German Federal Patent Courts. Through our global network and in cooperation with our long-standing local attorneys, we also represent our clients before the offices and courts of the various countries.

Patents, designs and trademarks

Official registration proceedings

• Prepare and submit application documents
• Conducting examination proceedings worldwide
• Formal proceedings up to registration
• Limitation proceedings
• Transfer of intellectual property rights

Official dispute proceedings

• Patent opposition proceedings
• Trademark opposition proceedings
• Trademark cancellation proceedings
• Invalidity proceedings

Court proceedings

Patent attorney representation in combination with litigation attorney

• Infringement litigation
• Invalidity litigation
• Property right assignment process

Contractual areas

• License agreements
• Definition agreements
• Non-aggression agreements
• Confidentiality agreements (non-disclosure agreements)

Analysis and strategies

• Protection strategies
• Evaluation of the protectability of patents, designs and trademarks
• Infringement assessment of patents, designs and trademarks
• Freedom-to-operate clarifications
• Due diligence for M&A

Research, monitoring

• Patent searches preferably with our search partner Integrate-IP GmbH
• Patent monitoring
• Trademark identity and similarity searches
• Trademark monitoring

 

Technical fields

Our expertise and industry knowledge

As patent attorneys, we are experts in specific fields thanks to our university degree in a scientific or technical subject (physics, electrical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, mathematics, aerospace engineering). Thanks to many years of mandates, we have also acquired specialist knowledge in various sectors and are constantly learning. Technical areas in which we have acquired special expertise include:

Machinery and plant engineering

Historically speaking, mechanical and plant engineering began with the invention of the steam engine by Thomas Newcomen and its industrial development by James Watt (patent application 1769). A lot has happened since then - today, the sector is one of the largest branches of industry in our economy and will continue to develop due to trends such as digitalization and sustainability.

Drive technology 

Printing technology 

Conveyor technology 

Heating and ventilation technology 

Vehicle construction

Vehicle construction includes, for example, the large European automotive industry including its suppliers, but also highly developed building technology. These sectors are subject to change as a result of social trends and legislation, which offers great opportunities for new developments and patents.

Buses 

Bicycles 

Special vehicles 

Soil cultivation 

Building technology

Construction

The construction industry makes a significant contribution to gross value added in Germany and Switzerland and has seen steady, moderate growth in recent years. Motivated in particular by the sub-sectors of architecture and construction technology, new solutions worthy of protection are constantly being created here.

Building materials 

Heating technology 

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is an engineering science that has brought great progress to almost every area of industry and life. Many issues of the future - for example in the fields of robotics or sensor technology - will involve solutions and products from this discipline and thus continue to produce innovations.

Computer systems 

Coding and security systems 

Building services 

Electrical cables 

Measurement technology 

Quantum electronics 

Robotics 

Sensors 

Telecommunication 

Transmission systems

Medical technology

Medical technology combines technology & engineering with the medical expertise of doctors, for example to improve the diagnosis or treatment of sick people. European legislation is increasingly harmonizing national legislation, which also simplifies the management of intellectual property.

Diagnostic devices 

Injectors 

Catheters 

Dental technology

Biotechnology

The use of enzymes, cells or organisms in technical applications is an up-and-coming field. There is still great potential to use nature for progress in various industries, agriculture and medicine.

Biochemistry 

Microbiology 

Spectrometry 

Genetic engineering

Process and process engineering

Processes often harbor hidden potential for improvements or even innovations. Process engineering permeates all industries and is on the verge of exciting new developments due to developments such as automation or robotics.

Exhaust gas cleaning 

Industrial manufacturing 

Logistics 

Welding technology

Technical physics

For centuries, the practical application of physics in engineering and construction has repeatedly produced major, ground-breaking innovations that often "disrupt" entire industries. Individual rather new sub-areas such as environmental physics or computer simulations also promise exciting developments in the future.

Fuel cells 

Laser 

Nanotechnology 

Optical systems 

Waveguides 

Solar technology

Materials

• Coatings 
• Glass products 
• Ceramic materials 
• Composite materials

Consumer products

• Hygiene products 
• Furniture

Chemicals

• Plastics 
• Propellants 
• Colloid chemistry 
• Adhesives

 

References

We mainly advise innovative companies, primarily in Switzerland and Germany, on their international issues relating to patents and trademarks. Our clients include large, internationally active corporations, medium-sized companies and start-ups, all of which are driving the economy forward with their innovative ideas.