Full Bio Dörte Otten-Dünnweber has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in physics.Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyShe joined the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) in 2004, where she worked as a patent examiner and group leader.In 2013, she was appointed as a technical judge at the Federal Patent Court, Germany (Bundespatentgericht), where she worked as a member of a technical board of appeal, a nullity board and a board of appeal for utility models.Since 2019, she has been on secondment as head of a patent division at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. EducationDörte Otten-Dünnweber studied physics at the Universities of Bonn, Münster and Munich (Germany).She graduated from the LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) with a Diploma in Physics, followed by a Doctorate in Physics at the TU Munich (Technische Universität München). Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht)German Patent- and Trade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt)
Full Bio Dörte Otten-Dünnweber has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in physics.Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyShe joined the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) in 2004, where she worked as a patent examiner and group leader.In 2013, she was appointed as a technical judge at the Federal Patent Court, Germany (Bundespatentgericht), where she worked as a member of a technical board of appeal, a nullity board and a board of appeal for utility models.Since 2019, she has been on secondment as head of a patent division at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. EducationDörte Otten-Dünnweber studied physics at the Universities of Bonn, Münster and Munich (Germany).She graduated from the LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) with a Diploma in Physics, followed by a Doctorate in Physics at the TU Munich (Technische Universität München). Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht)German Patent- and Trade Mark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt)