industries. Our international team comprises professionals having qualifications before a variety of offices and courts, including individuals who may represent clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court, the European Patent Office, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), the European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM; Alicante, Spain), and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The professionals of Grund IP Group have competence in filing and prosecuting patent, trademark, and design applications with the above-mentioned patent offices. Our team has scientific expertise in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, immunology, virology, biochemistry, neurosciences, genetic engineering, bioinformatics and organic chemistry. In addition, we have a cooperation with other patent professionals who further provide expertise in the technical areas of physical chemistry, optics, electrical engineering, physics and the mechanical arts. Grund IP Group also provides significant experience in representing clients during opposition hearings and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, in addition to considerable involvement in patent litigation matters and nullity proceedings in the German patent courts. Other services provided include infringement and invalidity opinions, due diligence analysis, guidance for patent filing strategies, licensing agreements, and counseling for matters involving employee inventions in Germany. |

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