Robert Margue - Attorney

German Patentanwalt
European Trademark and Design Attorney
MSci Chemistry
King’s College London
PhD Chemistry
University of Bristol

"My favourite invention is the rucksack. I am a fervent aficionado of independent travel, and the rucksack is an indispensable accessory, since it allows me to carry my belongings all over the world during my limited spare time. "

After completing a Masters degree in chemistry from King’s College, University of London, Robert obtained a PhD in organometallic chemistry and catalysis from the University of Bristol, for the investigation of mechanistic pathways of ruthenium-catalysed ring-closing metathesis reactions.

He joined the Chemistry and Life Sciences Team in the Bristol Office of Haseltine Lake LLP as a trainee in November 2006 and in January 2008 transferred to the firm’s Munich operations. He qualified as a German Patentanwalt in October 2010, as part of which he had previously successfully participated in a two-year distance university course on the subject of German Law for Patent Attorneys.

Robert is mainly involved in the prosecution and drafting of German, European and international patent applications across a wide spectrum of chemistry and life science branches (such as diagnostic methods and kits, toners, medical implants, mineral processes and apparatuses) and he regularly assists in opposition proceedings before both the European and German Patent Offices. Further areas of activity comprise filing and prosecuting German and European Trademark and Design registrations, as well as advisory work in a variety of technical fields and on legal aspects of employees’ inventions in Germany. Robert’s activities also encompass the preparation and verification of translations of patents and official documents between the three official languages of the European Patent Organisation.

Robert’s mother tongue is Luxembourgish and he is fluent in English, German and French.