HGF Office

Salzburg

Rudolfskai 48,
5020 Salzburg,
Austria

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HGF is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service both across Austria and internationally. Contact us to find out how we can work with your business.

Tel. +43 (0)662 844 289

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Located by the historical Salzach River, HGF Salzburg launched following the merger of HGF and Patronus IP in 2019 to provide IP services to the city’s growing technology business base.

The team in Salzburg possess particular expertise in physics and electrical engineering, machine construction, materials science and metallurgy, chemistry and biology, and provide a full range of IP services for academic institutions, SMEs and multinationals.

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    The EPO Board of Appeal comments on the scope of the morality exclusion from patentability

    The recent decision, T1553/22 of the Board of Appeal required the Board to consider the scope of the exclusions from patentability under Article 53(a) EPC. The invention in this case …

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    Doubling Up on Added Matter at the UPC

    Following the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) decision in Abbott v Sibio (APL_39664/2024, 14 February 2025) we now have a second CoA decision on added matter in expert Klein v …

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    Event - 4th November 2025

    HGF are Silver Sponsors of LSPN Europe 2025

    HGF is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of LSPN Europe 2025, a leading forum dedicated to helping life sciences innovators protect and leverage their intellectual property across the entire …

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    Event - 30th - 31st October 2025

    RAPS European Digital Technologies and Software conference

    HGF is proud to be attending the RAPS European Digital Technologies and Software conference in The Netherlands on 30th-31st October. HGF Partner and Patent Attorney Janine Swarbrick and Patent Director …

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