- Born in Vienna
- Graduate from the Technical University Vienna (Mechanical Engineering)
- Austrian Patent and Trademark Attorney
- European Patent and Trademark Attorney
- Generally Sworn and Court Certified Expert in Patent Matters
- Member of the Council of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi) and of the Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) of the EPO (1979 - 2005)
- President of the Austrian Chamber of Patent Attorneys (1985 2000)
- President of the epi (1999 - 2005)
- Technical judge at the Austrian Patent Appeals Court (1984 1996)
- Lay judge at the Austrian Supreme Court in Labour and Social Matters
- Guest-Professor on Industrial Property at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna
- Member of the Board of the Austrian Association of Industrial Property and Copyright
- Co-editor of the Austrian Gazette for Industrial Property and Copyright
- Extensive lecturing and publication activity