Dr. Markus Horn

Dr. Horn holds degrees in chemistry and biochemistry, and was admitted as a German patent attorney in 2026.

Dr. Markus Horn has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2023. He completed his training as German patent attorney in the law firm Wallinger Ricker Schlotter in 2026. His work focuses on drafting patent applications and conducting their grant procedures before the German and European patent office. Opposition proceedings as well as the preparation of patentability and FTO-opinions are also part of his spectrum.

Dr. Horn studied chemistry and biochemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. His focus of interest comprised organic synthesis, kinetics of organic reactions, dye, polymer and quantum chemistry. During his doctoral studies, he prepared and analyzed triaryl carbeniumions with respect to their energetic and kinetic properties.

As a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Dr. Horn studied the field of controlled radical polymerizations, and contributed to new insights into initiation reactions of atom transfer radical polymerizations (ATRP).

Dr. Horn was able to gain industrial experience in South Korea, where he worked as a researcher for Samsung SDI and Lotte Advanced Materials. His work aimed at the development of new polymer compound recipes for the automotive industry, including heat-resistant SAN and electrically conductive and dimensionally stable polyamide blends.

since 2026
Admittance as German patent attorney

since 2023 
Training as a patent attorney at the law firm Wallinger Ricker Schlotter in Munich, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court

2013-2022
Worked as a scientist in various companies in the South Korean industry

2012-2013
Postdoctoral researcher, Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh)

2007-2011
PhD in organic chemistry at the LMU Munich

2001-2007
Studied chemistry and biochemistry at the LMU Munich

• Carbocationic n-endo-trig Cyclizations. L. Shi, M. Horn, S. Kobayashi, H. Mayr, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 8533-8541.

• Organocatalytic Activity of Cinchona Alkaloids: Which Nitrogen is More Nucleophilic? M. Baidya, M. Horn, H. Zipse, H. Mayr, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 7157-1764.

• Stabilities of Trityl Protected Substrates: The Wide Mechanistic Spectrum of Trityl Ester Hydrolyses. M. Horn, H. Mayr, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 7469-7477.

• Electrophilicity versus Electrofugality of Tritylium Ions in Aqueous Acetonitrile. M. Horn, H. Mayr, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 7478-7487.

• Electrophilicities of Acceptor-Substituted Tritylium Ions. M. Horn, H. Mayr, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 6470-6475.

• Electrofugalities of Acceptor-Substituted Tritylium Ions. M. Horn, C. Metz, H. Mayr, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 6476-6485.

• N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes are Good Hydride Donors. M. Horn, H. Mayr, E. Lacôte, E. Merling, J. Deaner, S. Wells, T. McFadden, D. P. Curran, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 82-85.

• Nucleophilic Reactivity of Deoxy-Breslow-Intermediates: How Does Aromaticity Affect the Catalytic Activity of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes? B. Maji, M. Horn, H. Mayr, Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 6335-6339; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6231-6235.

• A Comprehensive View on Stabilities and Reactivities of Triarylmethyl Cations (Tritylium Ions). M. Horn, H. Mayr, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2012, 25, 979-988.

• Towards a Comprehensive Hydride Donor Ability Scale. M. Horn, L. H. Schappele, G. Lang-Wittkowski, H. Mayr, A. R. Ofial, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 249-263.

• Solvent Effects on the Activation Rate Constant in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations. M. Horn, K. Matyjaszewski, Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 3350-3357.