Quantum IP
Patent Law Firm focussed on protecting innovation in deep & complex technologies
We offer the personal dedication and passion of a boutique law firm. We are also capable of handling large-scale patent portfolios through cooperations with highly distinguished partner law firms in Germany and abroad.

Sebastian Schmidt, PhD (Yale)
Founder of Quantum IP
Patent Attorney
Services
IP Prosecution
Drafting, filing and prosecuting of patent applications; Freedom to operate analysis; IP due diligence for VC
IP Litigation
Opposition and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Court
IP Commercialisation
Infringement analysis (claimcharts); Technical support during licensing negotiations
Technical Expertise
Mobile Communications
Semiconductor Manufactoring
Quantum Technologies
Software related
Inventions
About
Dr. Sebastian Schmidt is a German Patent Attorney and Founder of the Patent Law Firm Quantum IP. Trained as a Theoretical Physicist he shares a nerdish passion for emerging technologies ranging from quantum & neuromorphic computing to cutting-edge semiconductor and mobile communication technology.
Prior to his career in IP, Sebastian obtained a PhD in Nano-physics from Yale University, USA, and has been a group leader in the field of Quantum Technologies at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His proposal of a quantum simulator based on superconducting electronic circuits has been realised experimentally in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Together with IBM Research in Switzerland he developed a prototype quantum computer suitable for AI and machine learning applications.
Since 2018 Sebastian devotes his in-depth technical expertise to help start-ups, research institutions, KMUs as well as fortune-500 companies to protect their innovations before the German and European Patent Office. He has extensive experience in the protection of software and computer-implemented inventions and developed an expertise related to standard essential patents (SEPs) with interest in FRAND related IP commercialisation projects.
Phone
+ 4915165786112
schmidt@quantumpatents.com