The Unified Patent Court appoints 21 technically qualified judges Following the decision of the Administrative Committee dated 2 June 2023, 21 new technically qualified judges have been appointed to the UPC. Following a recent recruitment procedure, which took place during spring 2023, 21 new technically qualified judges have been appointed to the Court.Appointments to the Court are the result of an extensive selection process concluded by the adoption, by the Administrative Committee, of the list of most suitable candidate judges as proposed by the UPC’s Advisory Committee.The Administrative Committee’s decision on the appointment of the newly recruited TQJs was taken on 2 June 2023. Further appointment of TQJs are expected to take place later this year, with candidates to be contacted for interviews in the upcoming weeks. You may find below the current list of newly appointed technically qualified judges with corresponding technical field(s) and date of appointment. Gabriele Alt (DE) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Biotechnology- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Graham Ashley (DE/UK) – Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Xavier Dorland-Galliot (FR) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Biotechnology- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Guillaume Faget (FR) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Nicolai Geier (DE) – Mechanical Engineering; Physics- date of appointment: 1.08.2023Andreas Gustafsson (SE) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Biotechnology- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Anna Hedberg (SE) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Biotechnology- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Merja Annikki Heikkinen-Keinänen (FI) – Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Hergen Kapels (DE) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 1.08.2023Klaus Loibner (AT) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Udo Matter (DE) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 1.09.2023Jeroen Meewisse (NL) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 7.08.2023Stefanie Philipps (DE) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics- date of appointment: 16.08.2023Kerstin Roselinger (SE) – Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Wiem Samoud (FR) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Alessandra Sani (IT/DE) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 1.10.2023Beate Schenk (DE) – Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 1.08.2023Anthony Soledade (FR) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Jürgen Tischler (DE) – Electricity and Physics- date of appointment: 1.08.2023Marc van der Burg (NL) – Mechanical Engineering- date of appointment: 17.07.2023Erwin Wismeth (DE) – Chemistry and Pharmaceutics; Physics- date of appointment: 9.10.2023