Technically Qualified Court Judges

Michael Alt has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: pharma, biotech, chemistry, medical devices.

Xavier Dorland-Galliot has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in July 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: chemistry and pharmaceutics.

Renaud Fulconis has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. In his career, he has been working on cases spanning a large variety of technical fields, including pharma, biotech, medical devices, chemical engineering and others.

Rudi Goedeweeck has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His main technical focus is in chemistry and photophysics.

Andreas Gustafsson has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in July 2023. His technical focus is in pharmaceutics, chemistry and food technology.

Anna Hedberg has been appointed to the Court in July 2023. Her technical focus is in the following areas: chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biochemistry.

Stefanie Parchmann has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in the following areas: analytical chemistry and biochemistry.

John M. Petersen has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is mostly in chemistry.

Stefanie Philipps has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in August 2023. Her technical focus is in chemistry and process engineering.

Laure Sarlin has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in the following areas: chemistry and biochemistry.

Martin Schmidt has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in chemistry and physics.

Casper Struve has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in organic chemistry and pharma.

Steen Wadskov-Hansen has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, renewable energy and food technology.

Carola Wagner has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in chemistry.

Erwin Wismeth has been appointed to the Court in July 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: chemistry and physics.

Pascal Attali has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in electricity.

Eric Augarde has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: engineering and physics.

Bertrand Cochet has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in electronics.

Alain Dumont has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in November 2023. His technical focus is in electronics.

Professional Experience in Intellectual Property

November 1989 - September 2004: European Patent Office (EPO) substantive examiner (main technical fields: digital electronic circuits and coding) and auditor in the "Harmonisation and Quality" Directorate

Dennis Kretschmann has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: physics, optics, electrical engineering, IT, and software.

Klaus Loibner has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in July 2023. His technical focus is in telecommunications, electronics, electrical engineering as well as instrumentation and control engineering, computer science and computer implemented inventions.

Udo Matter has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in September 2023. His technical focus is in electronics, especially telecommunications, and in physics.

Wiem Samoud has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in July 2023. Her technical focus is in the following areas: electricity and physics.

Alessandro Sanchini has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus lies in electronic engineering, telecommunications and computer science.

Andrea Scilletta has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in electronic engineering.

Simon Walker has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: physics and electricity.

Michel Abello has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Graham Ashley has been appointed to the Court in August 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Uwe Ausfelder has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical and business engineering.
 

Koen Callewaert has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in engineering.

Giorgio Checcacci has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Paolo Ernesto Crippa has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Claus Elmeros has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanics.

Frederic Gaillarde has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in engineering.

Nicolai Geier has been appointed to the Court in August 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: tribology, materials science and magnetism.

Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen  has been appointed to the Court in September 2023. Her technical focus lies in mechanical engineering.

Bernard Ledeboer has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the field of mechanical engineering.

Jeroen Meewisse has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in July 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: mechanical engineering, chemistry and pharmaceutics.

Elisabetta Papa has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Kerstin Roselinger has been appointed to the Court in July 2023. Her technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Beate Schenk has been appointed to the Court in August 2023. Her technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Uwe Schwengelbeck has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the fields of mechanics, electronics and physics.

Max Tilmann has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering.

Marie-Paule Vandeberg has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in chemical and agricultural industry engineering.

Patrice Vidon has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: Mechanics; metallurgy; industrial processes; sound and image processing; telecommunications, incl. SEP

Pascal Weber has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical engineering, in particular medical devices.

Stefan Wilhelm has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is mechanical engineering, chemistry, physics and material science and processing.

Arwed Burrichter has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in chemistry.

Eric Enderlin has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.

Dr Rainer Friedrich has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in biochemistry.

Paolo Gerli has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in pharmaceutical chemistry and technology.

Cornelis Schüller has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: biochemistry, chemical engineering and molecular biology.

Michael Fleuchaus has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in technical physics.

Anders Hansson has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the areas of applied physics and mathematics.

Ulrike Keltsch has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in the following areas: electrical engineering, communication networks, data processing, medical technologies, semiconductor physics, optics and  telecommunications.

Gérard Myon has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in physics and engineering.

Dörte Otten-Dünnweber has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. Her technical focus is in physics.

Andrea Perronace has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in physical chemistry.

Patrik Rydman has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in applied physics and electrical engineering.

Christoph Schober has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in mechanical and process engineering.