1960

Graduation from the secondary academic school emphasizing mathematics and science in Mödling, Franz-Keim-Gasse

1961 – 1969

Technical chemistry studies at the Technical University of Vienna, diploma thesis at the Institute for Anorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Richard Kieffer, graduation

1970 – 1975

Patent attorney trainee with patent attorney Dipl.-Ing. (MSc) Otto Beer

1975

Austrian patent attorney examination, entry in the list of the Austrian patent attorneys

1979

Entry in the list of professional representatives before the European Patent Office

1994

Appointment as technical lay judge at the Commercial Court in Vienna

1995

Entry in the list of professional representatives before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

2000

Entry in the list of sworn and certified court experts

2012

Retired from BEER & PARTNER PATENTANWÄLTE KG by the end of 2012

Since 1975 adviser to the Economic Chamber of Carinthia in questions of industrial property protection, patents, utility models, trademarks and registered designs.