Dr. Andrea Prasch (nee 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
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:
Chemistry, in particular medicinal chemistry, glass and polymer chemistry; biotechnology; pharmaceutical science, in particular pharmaceutical technology
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Frankfurt School of Pharmacy, Alumni and Friends of the Pharmaceutical Institutes, House of Pharma & Healthcare, GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), FICPI, AIPPI, VPP, LES, European Patent Litigators Association
Active in the field of intellectual property since 2004, German and European patent attorney, Master of Laws European Intellectual Property
Member of the Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO); member of the board of the German AIPPI group; co-initiator of the artifical inventor project
Honorary expert in the business plan contest Science4Life
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)
Christian Laeufer
Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer
Fields of Expertise:
Mechanical engineering, mechatronics, medical engineering, automotive engineering, mechanics, machine tool engineering, materials science, software and computer-implemented inventions, trademarks, employee invention law
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)
christian.laeufer@fuchs-ip.eu
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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 and became a partner in 2021
Dr. Florian Ruessmann
Patent Attorney, Master of Science
Fields of Expertise:
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, especially biomarkers and antibodies, organic chemistry, glass chemistry
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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Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2012
Patent Attorney and representative before the European Patent office 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)
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Heger
Patent Attorney, Certified Engineer Chemistry
Fields of Expertise:
Polymer chemistry, polymer processing, plants and equipment for polymer production and molding, chemical engineering, plant engineering and general mechanical engineering, Rapid Prototyping methods and devices, computer implemented inventions
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, FICPI,
Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
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
Dr. Nico Riffel
Patent Attorney, Dipl. Biochemist, Dr. rer. nat.
Fields of Expertise:
Biochemistry, Medical chemistry, Pharmaceutical technology, Biology, Biotechnology (especially biomarkers and antibodies), Organic chemistry, Cosmetics; Trademark and design; German and international patent disputes
Memberships:
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Member of ‘Freund und Förderer der Universität Frankfurt/Main’, Alumni of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, GRUR, epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)
Active in the field of intellectual property since 2006, German Patent Attorney since 10/2010 and representative before the European Patent Office since 06/2014, 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
Dr. Marcel Reuter (PhD)
Patent Attorney, Diploma-Chemist
Fields of Expertise:
Chemistry, pharmaceutical and medical applications
Memberships:
Royal Society of Chemistry, GRUR
PhD at the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the field of single-molecule microscopy; Marie-Curie fellow
Active in the field of intellectual property since 2016
Dutch Patent Attorney since 2019
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2021
Publications:
Reuter et al., J Cell Biol. 207, 599-613, 2014, BRCA2 diffuses as oligomeric clusters with RAD51 and changes mobility after DNA damage in live cells.
Reuter et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 38, 3721-3731, 2010, Single-molecule imaging of Bacteroides fragilis AddAB reveals the highly processive translocation of a single motor helicase.
Dr. Dirk Grupe
Patent attorney, Physics Diploma
Fields of Expertise:
Optics, communication technology, software and computer-implemented inventions, semiconductor technology, automotive, medical technology
Memberships:
Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer, Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
Active in the field of intellectual property since 2012
Patent Attorney since 2015 and representative before the European Patent Office since 2016
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2021
Publications:
Stephen of Pisa and Antioch. Liber Mamonis, Springer, 2019.
Grupe, D. (2019). Manuscript jaipur 20 and the arabic translation of ptolemy’s almagest by thābit ibn qurra. In F. Başar, M. Kaçar, C. Kaya & A. Z. Furat (Eds.), The 1st International Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Symposium on History of Science in Islam Proceedings Book (pp. 139-149).
The ‘Thābit-Version’ of Ptolemy’s Almagest in MS Dresden Db.87, Suhayl 11 (2012), 147-153.
Svitlana Andriiash
Patent Attorney Assistant
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms, annuities and renewals, accounting (in particular credit control)
Languages:
German, English, Russian, Ukrainian
svitlana.andriiash@fuchs-ip.eu
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2012 Master’s degree in International Law, Kyiv
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016
2018 Financial accounting at tax college Dr. Endriss GmbH Co, KG, Mainz
Lea Blaeser
Patent Attorney Assistant
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms, annuities and renewals
Languages:
German, English
Studied English and Latin at Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, until 2014
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2018
Ornella Durus
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms, annuities and renewals
Languages:
German, English, Italian and Romanian
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016, followed by a training as a Patent Paralegal
Dennis Hoffmann
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms, market research
Languages:
German, English
Training as a Patent Paralegal at Max-Weber-Berufskolleg in Düsseldorf, 2019 completed
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2021
Nadine Jaworski, M.A.
Patent Attorney Assistant
Experience acquired abroad:
Au Pair in Paris (2008/2009), Milan (2012/2013), Madrid (2013), Trondheim (2016/2017), Christchurch (2019), Sydney (2020) and Tasmania (2020) as well as Work&Travel in Knysna (2010), Jakarta (2014) and Auckland (2019).
Languages:
German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Norwegian.
2012 B.A. “Language, literature and culture“, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
2011/2012 Gallo-Roman studies, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
2017 M.A. “Cultural anthropology/Folklore studies“, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
2015 Lusitanian studies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2021
Veronika Kehrer
Foreign Language Correspondent
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms, annuities and renewals
Languages:
German, English, French (advanced)
Basic: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese
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
Claudia Meissner
Executive Assistant
Fields of Expertise:
Administration, office organization, human resources, travel arrangements, accounting
Languages:
German, English and French
claudia.meissner@fuchs-ip.eu
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Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2016
Julia Rohmfeld
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms
Languages:
German, English
B.A. in Art history at Goethe University Frankfurt, completed in 2017
Training as a Patent Paralegal, completed in 2019
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2020
Ulrich Rühle
Business Administration
Fields of Expertise:
Accounting, worldwide payment processing, correspondence with tax consultants
Languages:
German, English
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2019
Marcus Wanzeck
Patent Paralegal
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms
Languages:
German, English, Chinese (Basics)
Foreign Language Correspondent, Volkshochschule Landshut
Patent Paralegal, Städtische Berufsschule für Rechts- und Verwaltungsberufe München
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2020
Philipp Wissdorf
Patent Attorney Assistant
Fields of Expertise:
Patent (national, EP, PCT), utility model, design and trademark filings in Germany and abroad as well as administrative support of IP prosecution procedures, docketing and supervising of terms
Languages:
German, English, Japanese
philipp.wissdorf@fuchs-ip.eu
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B.A. Cultures and Societies of Asia-Japan at University of Cologne, 2018
Study abroad program at Keiô University, Tokyo Japan 2014-2015
B.A. History at University of Cologne, 2018
Joined Fuchs Patent Attorneys in 2018