Ms. Claudia Berndt
222 Richard Street
Hatfield
Pretoria
0083
South Africa
I am a South African patent attorney and a Director at Hahn & Hahn. My background is in Chemical Engineering and I also hold a law degree. I joined Hahn & Hahn in 1999. My areas of practice include the drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications for South African clients locally and abroad, preparing infringement and novelty opinions, conducting equivalent searches and filing and prosecuting Paris Convention and PCT national phase patent applications in South Africa. I speak English, German and Afrikaans fluently and am the current president of FICPI South Africa. In my free time, I enjoy horse riding and playing golf as well as travelling which generally involves at least one skiing trip and one island trip per year.
BEng (Chemical) - University of Pretoria
LLB - University of South Africa
Qualified Patent Attorney
Experience & Qualifications
- Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
- Patent drafting
- Patent prosecution
- Registered design prosecution
Roles in FICPI
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CET 2 Designs
CET Group 2 is FICPI’s research authority on Design protection. Its main objective is to promote the discussion of the trending topics concerning Industrial Designs in different parts of the world, either in national or international level. CET 2’s body of experts are encouraged to bring to the awareness of the group of new guidelines or positions of different Offices that might affect how designs are protected, in which case CET 2 actively seeks to promote a dialogue with the register authority in order to assure that the views of the Practitioners worldwide is heard. In sum, the CET 2 Group should always be a leader, getting out in front of all issues concerning Design matters.
- Member
- English
- German