Dr. Thomas Launhardt, PatentanwaltDr. Thomas Launhardt

Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwalt

European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney

Areas of specialization
General mechanical engineering, automotive, motor and drive engineering, energy technology, cooling technology, heat and fuel technology, measuring technology, process control and feedback engineering, household appliance technology and environmental technology

Professional experience
Dr. Launhardt has been active in the field of commercial property protection
since 2000.

His experience in commercial property protection was acquired as a junior patent attorney with Gleiss & Grosse in Stuttgart and as a patent attorney with Dr. Müller Patent attorneys in Hünfelden.

Dr. Launhardt opened his own agency in Limburg in 2010.

Before working as a patent attorney, Dr. Launhardt spent many years
in industry at an institute for applied research in the field of thermal
applications for biogenic fuels.

Memberships
Chamber of Patent Attorneys, GRUR (German group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), the research network of Industrieverband Haus-, Heiz- und Küchentechnik e.V. (industry association for home, heating and kitchen technology)

Languages
German, English

Education
General mechanical engineering studies at TU Darmstadt

Doctoral thesis: "Factors affecting the formation of harmful substances with thermal biomass utilization in small facilities", Technische Universität München

Work-study program in general law during patent attorney training

Training at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Patent Court and Mannheim District Court