Dr.-Ing.
Till Augustin
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dr.-Ing.
Till Augustin
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Till Augustin is primarily engaged in filing and prosecuting German, European, and international patent applications and conducting opposition proceedings, in particular before the European Patent Office.
He also regularly conducts freedom-to-operate (FtO) analyses and has experience in preparing infringement opinions and legal validity opinions.
In addition, he advises on design law, particularly in the context of registration and invalidity proceedings.
Till Augustin speaks German and English.
Technical focus
- Mechanical engineering
- Aerospace engineering
- Renewable energies
- Agricultural engineering
- Fluid technology and pumps
- Fiber-reinforced composites
- Machine tools
- Plant engineering
CV
Mechanical engineering studies at Hamburg University of Technology and ETH Zurich, Switzerland; M. Sc. in 2014. Research work from 2015 to 2018 at the Institute of Polymers and Composites at Hamburg University of Technology; PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in 2018.
Legal training from 2018 to 2021 at Eisenführ Speiser, the Fernuniversität in Hagen, a chamber for patent infringement matters at the District Court of Mannheim, the German Patent and Trademark Office, and the Federal Patent Court.
Patent Attorney (Germany) and European Patent Attorney since 2022.
Memberships
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
Publications & Presentations
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung der Beschwerdekammern des EPA - Notizen für die Praxis
Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, Ausgabe 7/8, 2025
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung der Beschwerdekammern des EPA - Notizen für die Praxis
Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, Ausgabe 7/8, 2024
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2023
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2022
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung der Beschwerdekammern des EPA - Notizen für die Praxis
Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, Ausgabe 7/8, 2023
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2021
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Structural health monitoring of carbon fiber reinforced polymers and carbon nanotube modified adhesive joints via electrical resistance measurement
TuTech-Innovation, Technical-Scientific Publication Series,
Volume 32
Health monitoring of scarfed CFRP joints under cyclic loading via electrical resistance measurements using carbon nanotube modified adhesive films
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 105, 150-155
Further authors: Julian Karsten, Benedikt Kötter, Bodo Fiedler
Detection and localization of impact damages in carbon nanotube–modified epoxy adhesive films with printed circuits
Structural Health Monitoring, 17(5), 1166-1177
Further authors: Julian Karsten, Bodo Fiedler
Online monitoring of surface cracks and delaminations in carbon fiber/epoxy composites using silver nanoparticle based ink
Advanced manufacturing: polymer & composites science, 3(3), 110-119
Further authors: Danny Grunert, Hauke H. Langner, Vico Haverkamp, Bodo Fiedler