Partner | Dr. sc. nat. ETH, European Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney
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„a biotech and organic chemistry maven”
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„his drafting and strategic advice is always of the highest technical quality”
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„has tremendous know-how, is cost-efficient and replies quickly as a matter of course”
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„combines patent expertise with experience in non-contentious and contentious matters”
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„straddles the line between attorney and academic, prosecuting patents for industrial players and lecturing students”
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„leading Patent Attorney”
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„prime pick for prosecution”
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„knows biotechnology and organic chemistry like the back of his hand”
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„The World’s Leading Lawyers chosen by their Peers”
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„Patent star – Switzerland”
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„a Chemistry Master”
In his work as a European Patent Attorney, Dr. Alfred Köpf is focusing on biotechnology, organic chemistry, medical technology, process technology, and mechanics.
Dr. Alfred Köpf studied Biology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and wrote his Diploma Thesis on the Chemical Ecology of Anthraquinones in leaf beetles. He joined the Masters Program in Entomology/Agriculture at the Kansas State University as a Fulbright scholar and came to the ETH Zürich for his PhD thesis on molecular evolution. Before he started his academic career, Alfred Köpf worked for several years as a CNC-lathe-worker and gained thereby practical experience in mechanical engineering. He has been active since several years in the public discussion about patentability of biological inventions (AIPPI Switzerland (Q 150 und Q159), Science et Cité, LES). Since 2003 Dr. Alfred Köpf is lecturing on patents at the Department of Chemistry and applied Biosciences (D-CHAB) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich. In 2011, he was elected by the Swiss Parliament to become a non-permanent judge of the newly established Swiss Federal Patent Court.
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
European Patent Litigators Association
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
Swiss Association of Judges
Association of European Patent Attorneys in Switzerland (private practise)
Association of Swiss Patent and Trademark Attorneys
- Case Law of the Swiss Federal Patent Court in 2018
Life Science Recht Nr. 4, 2019, 262 ff.
- Patentability of Plants after T 1063/18
sic! 2019, 7/8, S. 457 ff.
- Genome Editing – Upcoming Challenges for Life Sciences Law
Life Science Recht Nr. 1, 2019, S. 64 ff.
- Discussion Platform: Patenting Procedures in the Pharmaceutical Field
Life Science Recht Nr. 2, 2018, S. 136 ff.
- Decision G 1/16 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office – Disclaimer III
sic! 2018, 500 ff.
- Paediatric Extension and Paediatric Certificate in Switzerland
Life Science Recht Nr. 1, 2018, S. 23 ff.
- Case Law of the Federal Patent Court – Selected Decisions in 2017
Life Science Recht Nr. 3, 2018, S. 213 ff.
- Geistiges Eigentum – Der Designschutz
in: KMU-Magazin Nr. 6, Juni 2016, S. 40 ff.
- Alles klar! - Entscheid der Grossen Beschwerdekammer G 3/14 vom 24. März 2015
sic! 2015, 476 ff.
- Patente auf Stammzellen - europäische Ethik und Verfahrenstaktik
sic! 2009, 462 ff.