Member of the patent law team at HEUKING
Office: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Languages: German, Chinese, English
Isabella is a European Patent Attorney. She holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on micro- and nanotechnology from RWTH Aachen and University of California, Davis. Isabella has more than eight years of experience in the fields of electrical engineering, software, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. She has special expertise in technical solutions and software-related inventions.
Isabella advises national and international clients, especially from China, in patent application strategies and patent prosecution. As a member of the HEUKING Patent Law team, she is also very active in all forms of contentious disputes, in particular in patent infringement, nullity and opposition proceedings before the respective courts and offices.
Due to her education and experience, Isabella is extremely versatile and covers a wide range of technology sectors. Her particular focus is on
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Isabella joined Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in November 2021. Previously, she practiced as a European Patent Attorney at FARAGO law firm in Aachen. She started her professional career as an English to Chinese translator and later as Software Engineer at aixigo AG. Subsequently, she pursued research in organic LEDs at Tridonic GmbH and Compound Semiconductor Technology RWTH Aachen prior to starting as a Patent Engineer at Jostarndt Patent Law Firm.
Specializing in:
Patent law
Embedded systems
Software-related inventions
Blockchain technology
Medical devices
Georg-Glock-Straße 4
40474 Düsseldorf
Germany
+49 211 60055-537
i.sommer-zhang@heuking.de