At present, the Dortmund office includes five patent attorneys and nine employed assistants. The attorneys are efficiently supported by this qualified office personnel in advising clients.

In our team, staff of long-standing experience co-operate with young newcomers. We consider it essential to regularly cultivate and develop the extensive know-how which has been accumulated in Dortmund over the past decades. Con­sequently, training and professional promotion are of high importance for us, because we regard it essential, in the interests of our clients, always to keep pace with the development of professional know-how.

Our team (from left to right) M. Wurm, B. Schönfeld, A. Peters, T. Thimm, V. Kirchhoff, I. Kalkoff, H.-D. Kalkoff, H. Kalkoff, C. Kluge, B. Grünewald, A. Schumann ; not present: S. Knopp, T. Dienwiebel.	Dipl. Ing. Heinz-Dieter Kalkoff (Patent Attorney) Dipl. Ing. Ingo Kalkoff, LL.M. (Patent Attorney) Dr. Maria Wurm (Patent Attorney) Dipl. Ing. Arijit Peters (Patent Attorney) Vera Kirchhoff Dipl. Ing. Thomas Dienwiebel (Patent Attorney)