Kurt Haertel
Kurt Haertel was a German patent lawyer. He played a leading role in the establishment of the European [Patent Convention|European patent] system. He is sometimes referred to as one of the "fathers of the European patent law", or the "father of European patent law". He was President of the Deutsches Patent- [und Markenamt] from 1963 to 1975. In October 1977, he was elected Honorary Chairman of the Administrative Council of the [European Patent Organisation].
Image:Europ. Patentamt.jpg|thumb|European Patent Office, Kurt-Haertel-Passage, in Munich, Germany
Since 2003, a street in Munich, Germany, is named after him, the "Kurt-Haertel-Passage". This is the connecting path from the Grasserstraße to the Bayerstraße near the buildings of the European Patent Office.