Brief description

Frank Karl has been working in the field of intellectual property since 1995 and has been part of the ZSP team since 2018. His main practice areas are the drafting of German, European and international patent applications as well as the prosecution of the related grant proceedings.

Mr. Karl studied electrical engineering with specialization in theoretical electrical engineering. The topic of his diploma thesis was the "Application of cellular neural networks for the calculation of stationary electromagnetic fields".

Mr. Karl has many years of experience in preparing patent applications in the field of telecommunications for the largest German company in the electrical engineering industry and patent applications in the field of semiconductor technology for the largest German semiconductor company.

Mr. Karl works at ZSP in the field of autoinjectors for an international pharmaceutical company. As part of ZSP's medical technology team, he is involved in FTO (Freedom to Operate) assessments and data mining in applicant portfolios.

Mr. Karl completed the CEIPI course "University Diploma - Patent Litigation in Europe" 2023/2024. Since May 2024 Mr. Karl is admitted as a representative at the UPC.

Main areas of activity

• Medical technology: auto-injectors (drug delivery devices), dental technology, catheters for cardiac and pulmonary assistance
• Electronic circuit technology: power-dependent voltage supply of an amplifier for brain signals, microprocessor technology, USB interface, Doherty amplifier.
• Registration of software-based inventions (computer-implemented inventions CII): Production monitoring using statistical methods, Kalman filter, Viterbial algorithm, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).