Formal Education and Training
Ph.D. in natural sciences; studies in molecular biology at the University of Constance, Germany and research at the University of Cambridge, UK; doctoral dissertation on initiation sites of DNA replication and binding sites of the “origin recognition complex” in the human genome.
Legal training at the patent law firms of Kraus & Weisert and Dr. Volker Vossius in Munich. Courses in law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen. Patent attorney training at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court
Professional Experience
Research in the laboratory of Prof. Ron Laskey at the Wellcome/CRC Institute (The Gurdon Institute), University of Cambridge, UK, and Prof. Rolf Knippers, Department for Molecular Genetics, University of Constance, Germany on human DNA replication, the assembly of nucleosomes and the regulation of chromatin assembly in a cell-free system developed from human somatic cells.
Lecturing in the fields of microbiology and chemistry at the academic teaching hospital of the University of Constance, Germany (until 2002)
Author of numerous scientific publications on human DNA replication and chromatin assembly, and patent law.
Patent attorney at the patent law firms Dr. Volker Vossius in Munich and Möll & Bitterich in Landau. Prosecution of technical property rights in application, opposition, appeal, and nullity proceedings
Since 2006 - patent attorney in Landau
Since 2009 - partner in the firm
You can read and download legal articles by Dr. Christian Keller on industrial property rights in the fields of Life Sciences, biotechnology, and pharmacology as well as his scientific publications here.
Formal Education and Training
M.A. in physics, University of Würzburg, Germany, and Maitrise de Physique (master’s degree in physics), University of Grenoble, France.
Legal training at the patent law firms of Weickmann & Weickmann and Manitz, Finsterwald & Partner in Munich. Courses in law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen. Patent attorney training at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court
Professional Experience
Laboratory manager at Hoechst Diafoil GmbH, specializing there in the development of processes for the production of plastic films
Laboratory manager and applications engineer at Klöckner Pentaplast GmbH, specializing there in the development of plastic films and providing technical support to customers worldwide
Patent attorney at Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner in Hamburg; Prosecution of technical property rights in application, opposition, appeal, and nullity proceedings in mechanical engineering, measurement technology, physics, electrical engineering, material sciences
Since 2010 - patent attorney in Landau
Since 2011 - partner in the firm









