Lawyers and experts
Partners
Leading – The Partner Team at EHF
Fifteen partners run the EHF firm. Each partner is registered as a German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney and European Design Attorney.
Christoph Aufhauser
Electrical Engineer
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Communications 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
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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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Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fuchs
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- Employees’ Inventions and Inventors’ Remunerations
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Freedom-To-Operate Opinions
Member of the examining board for paralegals
Priorities- Semiconductor process technology
- Microsystems technology
- Sensors
- Passive components
- Mechanics
vita
- Physics studies at the Technical University of Munich (Graduate Physicist)
- Doctorate at the Federal Armed Forces University of Neubiberg
- 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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Frank Heidrich
Electrical Engineer
Partner
Occupation
- 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
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- 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
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- 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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Dr. rer. nat. Michael Lettenberger
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- IP-Licensing
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Opto semiconductor components and process technology
- Semiconductor laser technology
- Laser physics und nonlinear optics
- Semiconductor process technology
- Ultra high speed spectroscopy
- Nuclear solid-state physics
- Physics studies at the Technical University of Munich
- Doctorate at the Technical University of Munich
- 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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Dr. rer. nat. Florian Much
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Opto semiconductor components and process technology
- Semiconductor laser technology
- Laser physics und nonlinear optics
- Semiconductor process technology
- Solid-state physics
- Surface physics and materials science
- Discharge lamps
- Physics studies at the University of Würzburg
- Doctorate at the University of Würzburg
- Training as German Patent Attorney and as European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Dr. rer. nat. Julia Nissen
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Optoelectronic components and process technology
- Semiconductor physics
- Surface physics, physics of soft matter, materials science, biophysics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Physics studies at the Technical University of Munich, PhD in Biophysics at the Technical University of Munich
- Technical consultant in the field of material science (automotive industry)
- Development of MEMS
- 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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Matthias Richter
Econo-Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Partner of EHF
- 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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Alwin Rietzler
Mechanical Engineer
Partner
Occupation
- Opposition and Appeal Proceedings bevor the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Cancelation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Coordination of the Application and Prosecution of National and Regional Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively
- IP Strategy and Portfolio Management
- Employees‘ Inventions and Inventors‘ Remunerations
- Handling of Arbitration Proceedings and Inventor Compensation Law Suits
- IP-Licensing
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- German and International Patent Disputes and Litigations
- Design Protection
- Trademarks
- Patent and Prior Art Searches
- Mechanics
- Automotive engineering
- Computer technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney
- Patent Attorney at SIEMENS AG
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Richard Schachtner
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Opto semiconductor components and process technology
- Optical communication technology
- Laser technology
- Semiconductor physics and process technology
- Fuel cell technology
- Physics
- Communication technician
- Physics studies at the University of Regensburg (Graduate Physicist)
- Development Engineer at SIEMENS AG
- Patent Professional at SIEMENS AG
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at SIEMENS AG
- German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Dr.-Ing. Bastian Schmitz
Information Technology Engineer
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Partner of EHF
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Jan Stieglitz
Physicist
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- Cancellation and Nullity Proceedings before the German Patent Authorities
- Validity and Infringement opinions
- Medical devices
- RF circuits
- High energy physics
- Optical Tracking
- Studies in Physics at the University of Dortmund and at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Diplom-Physiker)
- Patent engineer at Mitscherlich and Partner
- Development and Research at advanced realtime tracking GmbH
- Training as German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attoney at EHF
- Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at EHF
- Partner of EHF
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Maximilian Völkl
Mechanical Engineer
Partner
Occupation
- Drafting and Prosecution of German, European and International Patent Applications
- Conducting Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent Authorities
- Coordination and Supervision of Patent Applications outside Germany and Europe respectively in cooperation with national law firms
- 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
- Partner of EHF
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