Swiss Patent Attorney (admitted in 2012)
European Patent Attorney (admitted in 2009)
Dr. Gunnar Paesold
Dr. Paesold is an accomplished patent attorney (Switzerland, Europe) with almost 20 years of practical experience in patent agencies in Switzerland, China and Japan as well as in in-house counseling in industry. He is an adept consultant of international enterprises in diverse jurisdictions with particular focus on China.
Our clients as well as his colleagues appreciate him for his pragmatic and solution-oriented approach, networked thinking, determination, and high-quality standards.
His responsibilities include consulting our agency in all matters of business management while interfacing with our international clients in the English and German language.
Qualifications
Professional Experience
2023- …. Sonderhoff & Einsel (Beijing), China – Chief Adviser
2021-2023 Sonova AG, Switzerland – Patent Counsel
2019-2020 Keller & Partner Patentanwälte AG, Switzerland – Patent Attorney
2014-2018 Sonderhoff & Einsel (Beijing), China – Managing Director
2013 Sonderhoff & Einsel (Tokyo), Japan – Patent Counsel
2010-2013 Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG, Switzerland – Patent Attorney
2005-2010 Keller & Partner Patentanwälte AG, Switzerland – Patent Attorney / Trainee
2002-2005 University of Rochester, USA – Postdoctoral Researcher
1998-2002 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich) – Doctorate (Dr. sc. nat.)
Education
1992-1998 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich), Theoretical Physics (Dipl. Phys. ETH)
Memberships/Projects
2009-…. EPI – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
2016-…. SGEP – Adviser of Intellectual Property Advisory Committee of Sino-German Ecopark, Qingdao, P.R. China
Languages
German (native), English (proficient), French (intermediate), Mandarin (basic)
