Dieter Welthagen

Patent Attorney

A South African patent attorney assisting our overseas clients in obtaining protection for patents, designs, and utility models throughout Africa.

About Dieter Welthagen

Dieter has extensive experience in patent drafting, patent filing and prosecution, registered designs and utility model applications. He provides these services in African countries and abroad, for both local and overseas clients.

Dieter has travelled to various patent offices within the African continent to attend to specific client matters and to gain insight into their operations.

He currently assists overseas clients, including multinational companies, in filing and prosecuting patent, design and utility model applications in all African countries and the regions covered by ARIPO and OAPI.

Focus areas

  • Patent filing and prosecution
  • Design filing and prosecution
  • Utility model filing and prosecution

Education

  • University of Pretoria, BEng (Civil) (1990)
  • University of Pretoria, LLB (2001)
  • Qualified Patent Attorney (2003)

Affiliations and accolades

  • Attorney of the High Court, South Africa
  • Patent Attorney, South Africa

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