An overview of all technically qualified UPC judges

Biotechnology

• Arwed Andreas Burrichter – Germany; patent attorney at Cohausz & Florack
• Eric Enderlin – France; patent attorney at Novagraaf
• Rainer Friedrich – Germany; in-house patent attorney at CSL Behring
• Paolo Gerli – Italy; Gerlipatents
• Krister Karlsson – Finland; patent attorney at Kolster
• Cornelis Schüller – the Netherlands; technically qualified judge at the District Court of The Hague
• Oliver Werner – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office

Chemistry and pharmaceutics

• Gabriele Alt – Germany; former technical judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (and biotechnology)
• Michael Alt – Germany; former patent attorney at Bird & Bird
• Xavier Dorland-Galliot – France; chairman of the opposition commissions at the French IP Office (INPI)
• Renaud Fulconis – France; patent attorney at Bandpay & Greuter
• Rudi Goedeweeck – Belgium; in-house patent attorney at AGFA-Gevaert
• Andreas Gustafsson – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court

• Anna Hedberg – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court
• Stefanie Parchmann – Germany; patent attorney at Maiwald and Technical University Munich
• John Meidahl Petersen – Denmark; in-house patent attorney at Lundbeck
• Stefanie Philipps – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (not chemistry)
• Laure Sarlin – France; patent attorney at Vidon
• Martin Schmidt – France/Germany; patent attorney as solo practitioner and at IXAS Conseil

• Casper Struve – Denmark; patent attorney at Zacco (also technically qualified judge at the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court)
• Steen Wadskov-Hansen – Denmark; technically qualified judge with the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court and with the Eastern Division of the High Court of Denmark and with the Oslo District Court, patent attorney at Budde Schou
• Carola Wagner – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Erwin Wismeth – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court, at present delegated as academic staff to the Federal Court of Justice (and physics)

Electricity

• Pascal Attali – France; in-house patent attorney at Bose Corp
• Eric Augarde – France; former patent attorney at Brevalex
• Bertrand Cochet – France; in-house patent attorney at Orange
• Torsten Duhme – Germany; patent attorney at Witte Weller (and physics)
• Alain Dumont – Belgium; former technical judges at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Guillaume Faget – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)

• Hergen Kapels – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)
• Christian Keller – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office (and physics)
• Steven Richard Kitchen – Denmark; part-time technically qualified judge with the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court and technically qualified judge with the Eastern Division of the High Court of Denmark (and physics)
• Dennis Kretschmann – Germany; former patent attorney at Boehmert & Boehmert
• Addick A.G. Land – the Netherlands
• Klaus Loibner– Austria; examiner at the Austrian Patent Office and Higher Regional Court of Vienna (and physics)
• Udo Matter – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)

• Johannes Mesa Pascasio – Austria; Austrian Patent Office (also part time judge at the Higher Regional Court Vienna; and physics)
• Christoph Norrenbrock – Germany; patent attorney at Pavant (and physics)
• Michael Quittkat – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office
• Wiem Samoud – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)
• Alessandro Sanchini – Italy; patent attorney at Modiano & Partners
• Alessandra Sani – Italy/Germany; examiner at the German Patent and Trademark Office (and physics)

• Andrea Scilletta – Italy; patent attorney at IP Sextant
• Anthony Soledade – France; examiner at the French IP Office (and physics)
• Jochen Thomas – Germany; German Patent and Trademark Office
• Simon Walker – Finland; in-house patent attorney at Nokia

Mechanical engineering

• Michel Abello – France; patent attorney at Loyer & Abello
• Graham Ashley – Germany/UK; former technical judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Uwe Ausfelder – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Marc van der Burg – the Netherlands; judge at the Court of Appeal The Hague
• Koen Callewaert – Belgium; patent attorney at Bureau Callewaert
• Giorgio Checcacci – Italy; patent attorney at Checcacci & Partner

• Paolo Ernesto Crippa – Italy; patent attorney at Jacobacci & Partner
• Claus Elmeros – Denmark; patent attorney at Plougmann Vingtoft (also technically qualified judge at the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court)
• Frédéric Gaillarde – France; patent attorney at Cabinet FGPI and Court of Appeal Paris
• Nicolai Geier – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court (and physics)
• Merja Annikki Heikkinen-Keinänen – Finland; technical judge at the Market Court of Finland
• Bernard Christiaan Ledeboer – the Netherlands; patent attorney at V.O.

• Jeroen Meewisse – the Netherlands; examiner at the Dutch Patent Office and Court of Appeal of The Hague, deputy judge
• Elisabetta Papa – Italy; patent attorney at Società Italiana Brevetti
• Kerstin Roselinger – Sweden; judge at the Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court
• Beate Schenk – Germany; judge at the German Federal Patent Court
• Uwe Schwengelbeck – Germany; judge at the Federal Patent Court
• Max Tilmann – Germany; patent attorney in single practice, CEO of Bisomax, energy-consultant

• Marie-Paule Vandeberg – Belgium; patent attorney at MPV Patent
• Pascal Lucien Pierre Weber – France; former judge at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• Stefan Wilhelm – Germany; in-house patent attorney at 3M

Physics

• Christian Daniel – Germany; former examiner at the European Patent Office
• Michael Fleuchaus – Germany; patent attorney at Fleuchaus & Gallo
• Anders Hansson – Sweden; patent attorney at Kransell & Wennborg (also part time judge Patent and Market Court Stockholm)
• Dorothea Hofer – Germany; patent attorney at Prüfer & Partner
• Ulrike Keltsch – Germany; in-house patent attorney at Airbus
• Simon Stephan Michels – Germany; patent attorney at Stellbrink & Partner
• Gérard Myon – France; patent attorney at Lavoix

• Dörte Otten-Dünnweber – Germany; judge at German Federal Patent Court and patent examiner at German Patent and Trade Mark Office
• Lorenzo Parrini – Italy; in-house patent attorney at Philip Morris (also technical judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court)
• Andrea Perronace – Italy; patent attorney at Jacobacci & Partners and external court expert at Civil Court of Rome
• Patrik Rydman – Sweden; judge at the Swedish Patent and Market Court, Stockholm
• Christoph Dominik Schober – Germany; patent attorney at Flügel Preissner Schober Seidel
• Kristian Jauregui Urbahn – France; in-house patent attorney at Valeo

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