Firm Profile

After 25 years of patent and licensing activities in multinational companies, Dr. Kurt F. Büchel founded our patent firm in 1979 as "Patentbüro Dr. Büchel", which grew into "Patentbüro Büchel & Partner AG" in 1995 with Dr. Susanne Kaminski as a full partner. Later the firm was re-named and its legal form was changed to "Büchel, Kaminski & Partner Patentanwälte Est."

After the retirement of Dr. Büchel from active business in 2003 the firm was run by Dr. Kaminski under the previous brand. Since 2008, Dr. Dr. Bernd-G. Harmann leads the firm, which in August 2009 was re-named to KAMINSKI HARMANN PATENTANWÄLTE EST. In March/April 2012, the place of business was relocated to the A-DOME, Landstrasse 124, Vaduz, and legal form was changed to stock corporation (AG). In January 2018, our Swiss subsidiary company based in St. Gallen was founded.

We represent clients in all technical and legal fields relating to intellectual property before the European Patent Office and the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, the World Intellectual Property Office in Geneva, the Office of Economic Affairs in Liechtenstein and the German Patent and Trademark Office. Since we are very conveniently situated at a geographic intersection of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, in the beautiful Rhine valley, our office has international activities.

An outline of the main facts:

Founded:

1979 as “Patentbüro Dr. Büchel”

Change of name:

In August 2009

from BÜCHEL KAMINSKI & PARTNER Patentanwälte Est.

to KAMINSKI HARMANN PATENTANWÄLTE EST.

Relocation and change of legal form:

In March/April 2012

from KAMINSKI HARMANN PATENTANWÄLTE EST.
Austrasse 79, FL-9490 Vaduz

to KAMINSKI HARMANN PATENTANWÄLTE AG
Landstrasse 124, FL-9490 Vaduz

Office Liechtenstein:

KAMINSKI HARMANN 
PATENTANWÄLTE AG
Landstrasse 124 
FL-9490 Vaduz / Liechtenstein

Tel (+423) 399 10 00
Fax (+423) 399 10 49

patents@khp-law.li
trademarks@khp-law.li

Office Switzerland:

KAMINSKI HARMANN
PATENTANWÄLTE AG
Rosenbergstrasse 60
CH-9000 St. Gallen / Switzerland

Tel (+41) 71 911 58 66
Fax (+41) 71 911 5867

patents@khp-law.ch 
trademarks@khp-law.ch

Professional admissions:

  • Patent Attorneyship Liechtenstein
  • Patent Attorneyship Switzerland
  • Patent Attorneyship Germany 
  • European Patent Attorneys
  • European Trademark Attorney

Authorisation for representation before offices:

  • Liechtenstein Office of Economic Affairs 
    • Liechtenstein trademarks
    • Liechtenstein designs
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property 
    • Swiss/Liechtenstein patents
    • Swiss trademarks
    • Swiss designs
  • European Patent Office
    • European patents
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
    • International patent applications
    • International trademark applications
    • International design applications
  • German Patent and Trademark Office
    • German patents
    • German utility models
    • German trademarks
    • German designs
  • European Union Intellectual Property Office
    • European Union trademarks
    • Community designs

Authorisation for representation before courts:

  • German Federal Patent Court
  • Swiss Federal Patent Court in nullity matters
  • Unified Patent Court
  • Courts of the Principality of Liechtenstein in matters of intellectual property