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We have experience across a wide range of technological areas from analog circuit engineering in all frequency ranges of automotive electronics through to digital circuit technology, information-, communications- and computer technology. Inventions in these physically complex areas provide interesting and challenging material for our technical experts.Christoph Aufhauser
Electrical Engineer
Partner
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- Employees’ Inventions and Inventors’ Remunerations
- IP-Licensing
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Design Protection
- Electrical Engineering
- Telecommunications Technology
- Automotive Engineering
- Information Technology
- Sensors
- Automation Technology
- Mechanics
- Designs
- Electrical engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich
- Development Engineer at BMW AG, advanced development for Rapid Prototyping Software
- Patent Professional at SIEMENS AG
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at SIEMENS AG
- Patentassessor at SIEMENS AG
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Martin G. Brand
Electrical Engineer
Partner
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Design Protection
- Electrical engineering and electronic systems
- Mobile communications
- Radio technology
- Telecommunications technology
- Analogue and digital semiconductor circuitry
- Electrical drive systems
- Electrical engineering studies at the University of Fridericiana in Karlsruhe (Graduate Engineer)
- Software Developer at SIEMENS, U.S.
- Patent Professional at SIEMENS AG
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Sebastian Brandner
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Image processing
- Digital signal processing
- Realtime systems
- Computer technology
- Studies in electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich and the Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Dr.-Ing. Stephan Drost
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Electrical engineering and electronic systems
- Analogue and digital semiconductor circuitry
- Sensors, actuators and microsystems
- Biosensors, biochips and bioanalytical systems
- Fabrication technologies for sensors, actuators and semiconductor devices
such as thin film technology, micromechanics, semiconductor process technology, structural-design and packaging technology
- Electrical Engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (Diplom-Ingenieur)
- Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solid State Technology, Munich
- Doctorate at the Technical University of Munich (Dr.-Ing.)
- Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems and at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, Munich
- Manager of the Group Chemical Sensorsystems and Bioanalytics
- Training as GermanPatent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Astrid Grammüller
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Telecommunication
- Mobile communication
- Internet
- Electrical engineering
- Studies of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University in Munich
- Pre-Development in the field of mobile devices with SIEMENS AG
- Technology Management for Messaging Components in Mobile Phones with BenQ Mobile
- Training as a European Attorney at EHF
- European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Frank Heidrich
Electrical Engineer
Partner
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- Employees’ Inventions and Inventors’ Remunerations
- IP-Licensing
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Patent and Prior Art Searches
- Analogue and digital circuitry
- Software technology
- Data processing systems
- Automotive engineering
- Mechanics
- Electrical engineering studies at the University of Karlsruhe (Graduate Engineer)
- Assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Engineering and Innovations Research
- Thesis at the Research Center of Karlsruhe (Institute for Technical Physics)
- Patent Professional at SIEMENS AG
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at SIEMENS AG
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Uwe Hermann
Electrical Engineer
Partner
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- IP-Licensing
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Semiconductor engineering
- Electronics
- Control engineering
- Metrology
- Electrical engineering studies at the Technical University of Berlin
- Research assistant at the Technical University of Berlin
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney
- Patent Attorney at EHF
- Founder and Partner of EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Dr.-Ing. Veit Kafka
Electrical Engineer
Partner
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Electrical and electronic systems
- Control Systems
- Communication Technology
- Digital Signal Processing
- Image processing
- Sensors
- Electrical engineering studies at the Federal Armed Forces University of Neubiberg
(Graduate Engineer) - Doctorate at the Federal Armed Forces University of Neubiberg
- Teacher at the army technical school for electrical engineering
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Adrian Lindner
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Design Protection
- Trademarks
- Patent and Prior Art Searches
- Automation technology
- Automatic control engineering
- Sensors
- Robotics and autonomous systems
- Medical engineering, Biomedical engineering
- Computer technology
- Studies in electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich and at the École Supérieure Chimie Physique Électronique (CPE) of Lyon, France
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Hans-Peter Müller
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Circuitry
- Radio technology
- Memory technology
- Passive electronic components
- Cable technology
- Communication and navigation technology
- Automotive applications
- Electrical engineering studies at the University of Saarland (Graduate Engineer)
- Research assistant at the Institute for Communication and Navigation at the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen
- Development Engineer at EPCOS AG
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Dr. rer. nat. Hai Ngô
Physicist
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Physics
- Optoelectronics
- Semiconductor components
- Telecommunications technology
- Studies of physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Doctoral studies in the area of High Energy Physics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
- Member of the International Max-Planck Research School for Elementary Particle Physics (IMPRS)
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Matthias Richter
Econo-Physicist
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Patent and Prior Art Searches
- Semiconductor components
- Electronic circuits and systems
- Sustainable energy systems
- Automotive engineering
- Studies in Econophysics at the University of Ulm and the University of Valencia (Spain) (Graduate Econo Physicist)
- Staff member of the project managment team for plant layout at REM GmbH, Rottenburg
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Michael Schagginger
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination oft he Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Electrical engineering and electronic systems
- Control technology
- Circuitry
- High voltage technology
- Communication and navigation technology
- Electrical drive systems
- Automotive applications
- Studies in electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich
- Patent Professional at EHF
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Attorney at EHF
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Dr.-Ing. Bastian Schmitz
Information Technology Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination oft he Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Automation Engineering
- Communication Engineering
- Sensors
- Medical Engineering
- Studies in information technology (Graduate Engineer) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
- Project Engineer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of medical engineering
- Doctorate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of medical engineering
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Silvia Tischler
Electrical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- IP-Licensing
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- Electrical engineering
- Telecommunication technology
- Telematics
- Automotive engineering
- Image processing
- Electrical engineering studies at the University of Stuttgart (Graduate Engineer)
- Development engineer at SIEMENS AG, Technology development for telecommunication equipment
- Strategy consulting for the Telecommunication Unit, SIEMENS AG and Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Attorney at EHF
- Licensing Executives Society
- Women in IP
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Maximilian Völkl
Mechanical Engineer
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Mechanical engineering
- Medical engineering
- Plastics engineering
- Software engineering
- Tele-operated driving
- Studies in mechanical engineering with a main focus on medical engineering and plastics technology as well as medical implants at the Technische Universität München and the Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg (graduate engineer)
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Winkler
Physicist
- Drafting and prosecution of German, European and International Applications
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Semiconductor physics
- Low-temperature physics
- Thin-film technology
- RF-circuits
- Housing technology
- Physics studies at the Technical University of Munich
- Research Assistant at the Technical University of Darmstadt
- Training as German Patent Attorney and as European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
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