Burkhard Scharfenberger
Owner Patent Attorney (German & European) @Mainpat Ip Protecting Innovation. Globally
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Owner Patent Attorney (German & European) @Mainpat Ip Protecting Innovation. Globally
Würzburg, DE
Pöhner Scharfenberger (branded as MAINPAT) · Würzburg, Bavaria, GermanyOwner & Managing Director of Pöhner Scharfenberger Inh. Patentanwalt Dr. Burkhard Scharfenberger, a German and European patent law firm based in Würzburg, operating under the public brand MAINPAT – Protecting Innovation. Globally.We provide comprehensive services in industrial property protection, including patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs. I advise clients on drafting applications with broad, strategically sound claims and represent them in prosecution, oppositions, and enforcement before:• German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)• European Patent Office (EPO)• EUIPO (trademarks and designs)• WIPO (international filings)• German Federal Patent Court & Federal Supreme Court• Unified Patent Court (UPC)Our technical focus spans physics, electrical engineering, mechanics, civil engineering, biology, and chemistry. Clients rely on our extensive experience in German and European proceedings and our practical, business-oriented approach to IP strategy.Skills: Patent drafting · German & European prosecution · Oppositions · Portfolio strategy · Cross-border IP management · Client counseling · Trademarks · Designs · Utility models
EDUCATION
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics
York University (Toronto, Canada)
Exchange Program (Physics & Informatics)
Max-Slevogt-Gymnasium Landau
Abitur (highest honors)
Universität Karlsruhe (TH) – now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Diplomphysiker (Dipl.-Phys.), Physics with Informatics
ABOUT BURKHARD SCHARFENBERGER
As a German and European Patent Attorney, I advise clients on all aspects of intellectual property protection — with a focus on patent prosecution, utility models, trademarks, and design rights, both nationally and internationally. Drawing on extensive experience managing complex IP portfolios, I work closely with innovators, SMEs, and global companies to build strong, long-term IP strategies.My practice covers drafting and prosecuting patent applications, as well as representing clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the EUIPO.If you’d like to get in touch, please feel free to email me at i•••@mainpat.de or use the contact form on our website: will attend the 2026 AIPPI World Congress in Hamburg.If you’ll be at this event and might be interested in meeting — whether to discuss European IP strategy, EPO oppositions, German nullity proceedings, or cross-border portfolio management — feel free to reach out.Always open to exchanging perspectives and exploring how we can support international IP protection.And of course, if your travels ever bring you to Germany, you’re always welcome to visit us in Würzburg.
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