Office Fuchs | Team

Studied general electrical engineering cybernetics and telecommunications at the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH) and the Technical University of Munich, graduating in 1983

Patent Attorney since 1988 and representative before the European Patent office since 1989

Active in the field of intellectual property since 1984

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 1990 and became a partner in 1990

Studied chemistry specializing in biochemistry and pharmacy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and University College in Dublin, graduating in 1993, graduated as Dr. phil. nat. in 1996, followed by a stay abroad in Sydney, Australia

Active in the field of intellectual property since 1997

Patent Attorney since 2000 and representative before the European Patent office since 2001

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys as a partner in 2007

Studied pharmaceutical sciences at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, passed the third pharmaceutical state examination, worked for three years in the field of clinical research, pharmaceutical technology and pharmacokinetics as well as in the field of analytical chemistry at Abbott GmbH & Co. KG

Active in the field of intellectual property since 2004, German and European patent attorney, Master of Laws European Intellectual Property

Honorary expert in the business plan contest Science4Life and Goethe Unibator – the startup incubator of Frankfurt’s Goethe University

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2007 and became a partner in 2011

Publications:
Anmerkung zum Urteil vom 6. September 2018, BPatG 3 LiQ 1/18 (EP) – Praluent, Mitt. 2019, 123-124 (Heft 3)

Anmerkung zum Beschluss vom 5. November 2018, BGH X ZB 6/17 (BPatG) – Gebühren für Teilanmeldungen, Mitt. 2019, 137-138 (Heft 3)

Markus Rieck/Florian Rüßmann, Gebühren bei Teilung einer Patentanmeldung, Mitt. 2017, 298-303 (Heft 7–8)

Comment on EPO decision of October 17, 2016, EPO T 437/14 – undisclosed disclaimer, Mitt. 2017, 78-79 (Heft 2)

Comment on EPO decision of June 3, 2015, EPO T 571/10 – Pharmaceutical compositions comprosing a HMG CoA reductase inhibitor, Mitt. 2015, 193-194 (Heft 4)

Markus Rieck, Die Disclaimer-Rechtsprechung der technischen Beschwerdekammern am Europäischen Patentamt nach G 2/10, Mitt. 2014, 529-534 (Heft 12)

Markus Rieck/Malte Köllner, Patent Prosecution Highway – Lohnt sich der Aufwand?, Mitt. 2013, 525-530 (Heft 12)

Studied Human Biology and Neurobiology at the Philipps University Marburg and the Georg August University Göttingen, graduating as Master of Science in 2007, scholarship of the International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences

PhD work in the field of protein folding at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2012

Patent Attorney since 2016

Publications:
Anmerkung zum Beschluss vom 5. November 2018, BGH X ZB 6/17 (BPatG) – Gebühren für Teilanmeldungen, Mitt. 2019, 137-138 (Heft 3)

Markus Rieck/Florian Rüßmann, Gebühren bei Teilung einer Patentanmeldung, Mitt. 2017, 298-303 (Heft 7–8)

Study of chemistry at the Technical University Darmstadt, 1995 start of research project at the German Polymer Institute (DKI) in Darmstadt, graduating in 2001 as PhD in polymer chemistry, 2001 – 2008 work in R&D departments at Branopac GmbH and Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KG with focus on film products based on polyethylene, polypropylene, and polylactic acid, as well as coating of BOPP films

Active in the field of intellectual property since 2008

German Patent Attorney since 2012 and representative before the European Patent Office since 2019

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2017

Studied mechanical engineering at Technical University of Munich with focus on medical engineering, mechatronics and materials engineering, graduated in 2013, scholarship of Hans-Rudolf-Foundation

Active in the field of intellectual property since 2014

German Patent Attorney since 2017 and representative before the European Patent Office since 2018

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2018

Studied Biochemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universiy in Frankfurt am Main, one year research project in Oxford (Welcome Centre for Human Genetics – University of Oxford), Diploma at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics in Frankfurt, Doctoral thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Immune Biology und Epigenetics in Freiburg i.Br..

Active in the field of intellectual property since 2006, German Patent Attorney and representative before the European Patent Office, European Patent Litigator (CEIPI)

2006 to 2010 worked at patent law firm Wallinger, Ricker, Schlotter, Tostmann (Munich)

Since 2010 owner of patent law firm Dr. Riffel

2012 to 2019 „In-house Global Patent Counsel“ at Sanofi S.A.

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys as „Of Counsel“ in 2020

High school diploma at Paul-Klee-Gymnasium in Overath

Studied English and Latin at Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, until 2014

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2018

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2014

High school diploma at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule in Frankfurt

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016, followed by a training as a Patent Paralegal

Studied Book Trade and Publishing at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences and B.A. Business Management at Napier University Edinburgh; graduating in 2005

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016

Diploma in Business Administration at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2019

High school diploma at Gutenberg gymnasium in Mainz

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2008, followed by a training as a Patent Paralegal

Member of the professional educational committee of the Patent Attorneys’ Association in Munich

2013 – 2018 lectureship at Hans-Böckler-Schule Frankfurt am Main in the subject of intellectual property

Professional Traineeships:
– Pan – European Seal Professional Traineeship at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany (October 2015- October 2016 )
– Pan – European Seal Professional Traineeship at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain (October 2016 – October 2017)

Studies:
– Bachelor of Law, Iustinianus Primus Law Faculty at the “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University of Skopje, Macedonia (2000-2005)
– L.L.M. – Double master degree program in Intellectual Property Law at CEIPI, University of Strasbourg / Iustinianus Primus Law Faculty, Skopje (2013-2014)

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2019

High school diploma at Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg

B.A. in American Studies at Heidelberg University, completed in 2014

Training as Foreign Language Correspondent at Euro-Akademie Aschaffenburg

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2015

High school diploma at Johann-Gottfried-Herder Gymnasium in Cologne

Studies: B.A. Cultures and Societies of Asia – Japan at University of Cologne in 2018; B.A. History at University of Cologne in 2018

Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2018