Christoph Debelius

Christoph Debelius is a Mechanical Engineer, a German Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney, and a Representative for Intellectual Property before the Office of the European Union.

Specialist Areas

Mr. Debelius is a specialist in the technical fields of general mechanical engineering, thermal energy technology, automotive engineering and flow machines.

Mr. Debelius possesses extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property law. His core activities include advising and representing clients in obtaining, defending and enforcing technical intellectual property rights (patents and utility models) and non-technical intellectual property rights (trademarks and designs).

Career

Mr. Debelius studied mechanical engineering at both the Technical University of Munich and the University of Kassel, where he majored in thermal energy technology and continuous-flow machinery. During his university studies, Mr. Debelius also worked at Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, Kassel-Calden, and at SMA Solar Technology AG in Niestetal. Mr. Debelius completed two dissertations during his university studies, the first with Lufthansa Technik AG in Hamburg, and the second with Siemens AG in Berlin.

In addition to his mechanical engineering studies, Mr. Debelius also completed an “Intellectual Property Protection” course with the University of Hagen, graduating as a Patent Engineer.

After completing his studies, Mr. Debelius first worked for several years as a Project Manager in the motor-damage analysis department at MTU Maintenance Hannover GmbH.

In 2010 Mr. Debelius began his patent career when he commenced working for a patent law firm in Braunschweig. Mr. Debelius thereby focused on patent and trademark matters.

Mr. Debelius is an accredited Patent Attorney in the Federal Republic of Germany and a Representative for Intellectual Property before the Office of the European Union since June 2013. Since 2017 he is an European Patent Attorney.

Mr. Debelius started working for a patent law firm in Düsseldorf in 2013 and began his career with KLUIN Patent in 2017.

Personal Details

Christoph Debelius was born in 1980, is married, and has two children. He is fluent in both German and English, and has a basic knowledge of French.

Mr. Debelius is a member of the German Association of Patent Lawyers, the EPI Institute of Professional Representatives at the European Patent Office, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys and the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA). Furthermore, Mr. Debelius is delegate of the North Rhine-Westphalian patent attorney colleagues of the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys, speaker on patent law topics as well as honorary inventor advisor of the Association of German Engineers (VDI).