Christian Weiss
Patent Attorney, Electrical Engineer
Fields of Expertise:
Electronics, medical technology, prosthetic and endoprosthetic care, passive restraint systems in the automotive industry, automobile components, printers and printing machines; trademarks and design rights
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office), FICPI, GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
Born 1957 in Berlin
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
Dr. Andrea Hrovat
Patent Attorney, Chemist
Fields of Expertise:
Pharmaceuticals, inorganic and organic chemistry in particular glass chemistry, printing inks and petrochemicals, trademarks and design rights
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office), FICPI, GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), VPP, Materials Valley in Frankfurt
Born 1968 in Hanau am Main
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
Markus Rieck LL.M.
Patent Attorney, Pharmacist
Fields of Expertise:
Medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical technology, biology, biotechnology, especially biomarkers and antibodies, organic chemistry, glass, metallurgy and petrochemistry, sportswear; trademarks and designs
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Frankfurt School of Pharmacy, Alumni and Friends of the Pharmaceutical Institute, House of Pharma & Healthcare, GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), FICPI, AIPPI, VPP, LES, epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office), European Patent Litigators Association
Born 1981 in Eckernförde
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:
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)
Dr. Florian Ruessmann
Patent Attorney, Master of Science
Fields of Expertise:
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, especially biomarkers and antibodies, organic chemistry, glass chemistry, trademarks rights
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office), FICPI
florian.ruessmann@fuchs-ip.eu
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Born 1982 in Wuppertal
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:
Markus Rieck/Florian Rüßmann, Gebühren bei Teilung einer Patentanmeldung, Mitt. 2017, 298-303 (Heft 7–8)
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Heger
Patent Attorney, Certified Engineer Chemistry
Fields of Expertise:
Polymer chemistry, polymer processing, chemical engineering, computer implemented inventions
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, FICPI
Born 1968 in Frankfurt am Main
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
Patent Attorney since 2012
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2017
Christian Laeufer
Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer
Fields of Expertise:
Mechanical engineering, mechanics, medical engineering, automotive engineering, mechatronics, bicycle technology, machine tools
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
christian.laeufer@fuchs-ip.eu
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Born 1986 in Giessen
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
Gabriele Boeting
Bank clerk
Fields of Expertise:
Accounting, worldwide payment processing, correspondence with tax consultants, dealing with financial accounting in PatOrg
Languages:
German, English
gabriele.boeting@fuchs-ip.eu
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Born 1952 in Krefeld
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2014
Ornella Durus
Patent Paralegal in Training
Languages:
German, English, Italian and Romanian
Born 1998 in Frankfurt
High school diploma at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule in Frankfurt
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016
Dr. Juliane Hitzel
Patent Attorney Trainee, Diplom-Biochemist
Fields of Expertise:
Biochemistry, bioinformatics, computational biology, organic chemistry, especially omics technologies, personalized medicine, machine learning
Born 1988 in Mainz
Studied Biochemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and graduated in 2013
PhD and subsequent research activity in the field of computational network modeling in atherosclerosis at the Vascular Research Centre of the University Hospital Frankfurt am Main and the Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York.
Fluent in Chinese (HSK5)
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys as Patent Attorney Trainee in 2018
Claudia Meissner
Executive Assistant
Fields of Expertise:
Call reception, accounting, especially credit control, office organization, general correspondence
Languages:
German, English and French
claudia.meissner@fuchs-ip.eu
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Born 1980 in Löbau
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
Sarah Pavlovic
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Annuities and renewals, patent and trademark application in Germany and foreign filings, online filing, docketing and supervising of terms, applications of registered designs, organization of travels, other office organization
Languages:
German, English, Croatian
Italian (basic)
Born 1993 in Langen (Hessen)
High school diploma at Oswald von Nell-Breuning Schule in Rödermark
Training as Patent Paralegal in Frankfurt
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2015
Maksym Shulyatskyy
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Term management, administration of office management software, programming, foreign filings
Languages:
German, English, Russian, Ukrainian
maksym.shulyatskyy@fuchs-ip.eu
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Born 1985 in Lugansk (Ukraine)
High school diploma at Gutenberg gymnasium in Mainz
Training as a Patent paralegal at Fuchs Patent Attorneys
Member of the professional educational committee of the Patent Attorneys’ Association in Munich, lectureship at Hans-Böckler-Schule Frankfurt am Main in the subject of intellectual property
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2008
Veronika Werner
Foreign Language Correspondent
Fields of Expertise:
Administration of the intranet, Reference management
Languages:
German, English, French (advanced)
Basic: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese
Born 1991 in Aschaffenburg
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