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Grund IPG      Nikolaistrasse 15, D-80802, Munich, GERMANY      + 49 (89) 54 80 19 - 0
Our Practice Statement

Grund IPG offers a broad range of intellectual property services for a variety of
technology-based 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 United States
Patent and Trademark Office.

The professionals of Grund IPG 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, neuroscience, 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.  

The practice group at Grund IPG also has 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.  We also provide infringement and invalidity
opinions, due diligence analysis, guidance for patent filing strategies, and counseling for
matters involving employee inventions.