Thomas Westphal (Patent attorney, Hamburg)
Dipl.-Biol. (biologist), Dr. rer. nat., admitted to bar as "Patentanwalt" (patent attorney) in the Federal Republic of Germany since 2005; European Patent and Trademark Attorney

Education: biology at the Lomonosov University of Moscow, doctoral thesis in the field of chromatin structure at the Martin Luther University of Halle

Specialities: patent and utility model law (in particular in the fields of biology, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals), supplementary protection certificates, plant variety rights, trade mark law

Thomas Westphal ist author of a number of publications:

• Вестфаль Т 2009. Зависимые патенты, избирательные изобретения. Патентный поверенный 4: 49-51.
• Вестфаль Т 2009. Сквозные патентные притязания. Патентный поверенный 3: 37-39.
• Вестфаль Т 2009. Заявка на выдачу европейского патента: есть особенности. Патентный поверенный 2: 49-51.
• Westphal T 2008. REACH-THROUGH-ANSPRÜCHE / Die Suche nach dem Stein der Weisen. Transkript 8-9: 56-57.
• Kirsch R D, Becker C and Westphal T 2008. IN EINSTEIN’S FOOTSTEPS / Dependent patents in biotechnology. Euro Biotech News 7-8: 43-44.
• Westphal T und Becker C 2008. AUF EINSTEINS SPUREN / Abhängige Patente, Auswahlerfindungen. Transkript 6: 45-46.
• Westphal T 2008. ANMELDUNG VON PATENTEN / Offenbarung und Timing entscheidend. Transkript 1-2: 54-55.
• Westphal T and Reuter G 2002. Recombinogenic Effects of Suppressors of Position-Effect Variegation in Drosophila. Genetics 160: S.609-621.
• Tolchkov E V, Rasheva V I, Bonaccorsi S, Westphal T and Gvozdev V A 2000. The Size and Internal Structure of a Heterochromatic Block Determine Its Ability to Induce Position Effect Variegation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 154: 1611-1626.