Stefan is admitted as a German Patent Attorney, as a European Patent Attorney, and as a European Trademark and Design Attorney. He completed his doctoral thesis in the field of tumour immunology at the Technical University of Munich. He has scientific and practical experience in cancer research with a focus on nucleic acid technology, bioinformatics, functional genomics, and tumour immunology. His technical areas of expertise include medical engineering, biotechnology, immunology, nucleic acid technology, and therapeutic procedures. Stefan has many years of experience in patent drafting, patent prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings.