1980

Graduation from the secondary college for mechanical engineering – weapons technology in Ferlach

1980 – 1987

Economic engineering – mechanical engineering studies at the Technical University of Graz, graduation

1988 – 1993

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

1993

Austrian patent attorney examination and European qualifying examination for the professional representatives before the European Patent Office

1994

Entry in the list of the Austrian patent attorneys and entry in the list of professional representatives before the European Patent Office. Office partner of patent attorneys Dipl.-Ing. (MSc) Otto Beer and Dipl.-Ing. (MSc) Manfred Beer

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