Elmin Fatić studied mechanical engineering, specialising in materials science, at the Ruhr University Bochum and graduated in 2013. As part of his work at the Chair of Materials Testing, he gained experience in the field of high-alloy steels, in particular duplex steels, and taught students methods of materials testing and damage analysis in numerous materials practicals. As part of his diploma thesis, he investigated the properties of metal hydrides as a potential storage medium for hydrogen in the automotive industry using Raman spectroscopy on levitated particles at the Chair of Laser Application Technology.
He then gained technical professional experience as a materials engineer in one of Germany's largest chemical companies, where he carried out tests in industrial plants and was involved in decommissioning and inspection work on these plants.
He began his career in intellectual property in 2017 as a patent engineer in a medium-sized company, a market leader in building technology, in the Stuttgart area. There he was entrusted with the supervision of innovative projects in the field of manual and automatic door and window technology as well as security technology. His numerous tasks included the approval of projects based on patent law aspects, the evaluation of invention disclosures, the drafting of patent applications, the enforcement of property rights, the evaluation of searches, the supervision of opposition and appeal proceedings, the calculation of inventor remuneration and the organisation of training courses.
Elmin Fatić was admitted as a German patent attorney in 2023.
Mr Fatić speaks German, English and Southwest Slavic languages. He enjoys spending his free time with his family and friends and tinkering with technical developments.
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