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Member of the patent law team at HEUKING

Location: Düsseldorf (Germany)

Languages: German, English, French

Dr. Christian Heine, a German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney, and European Design Attorney, joined HEUKING’s Düsseldorf office in January 2026. With over 20 years of experience as a Certified Patent Attorney, he has developed broad expertise in patent drafting, prosecution and opposition, as well as infringement and nullity proceedings before patent offices and federal patent courts worldwide.

He graduated in physics from Dortmund University in 1998, with a minor in medicine, and received his PhD in physics from RWTH Aachen in 2001. His technical expertise spans a wide range of fields, including electrical and mechanical engineering, medical devices, material science, and automotive technology.

In addition to his day-to-day work in patent drafting, prosecution, and litigation, he has experience with German regulations on employed inventors, license agreements, patent-related clauses in R&D contracts, freedom-to-operate opinions, IP-related due diligence procedures, and patent filing strategies.

Christian is a member of EPI (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) and the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

Christian speaks German, English and French.

Vita

admitted as UPC Representative since 2025

admitted as European Patent Attorney since 2006

admitted as German Patent Attorney since 2004

Trainee as a patent attorney with a degree in “Law for Patent Attorneys” (at a medium-sized patent law firm, at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, at the German Patent and Trademark Office, and at the Federal Patent Court) (2001-2004)

PhD studies at RWTH Aachen, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry (1998–2001)

Studies of physics at the Technical University of Dortmund (1993-1998)