Dr. Nikolai F. Hartz is a German Patentanwalt and a European Patent and Trademark Attorney. He holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) where he worked with Nobel Laureate Prof. George A. Olah. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) and the University of Rennes (France).

Dr. Hartz specializes in inventions in the fields of chemistry, life sciences, and nanotechnology.