Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
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Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
BSc Physics, PhD Physics (Cantab)
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Ing., MSc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., M.Sc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Dipl.-Chem.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
LL.M. (Northwestern)
Attorney at Law
Attorney-at-Law (New York)
Dipl.-Ing. (TUM)/M.Sc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Ing.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
M. Sc. Physics, M. Sc. Econo-Physics
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; utility model law; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; license agreements; FTO searches; infringement analyses; legal patent support in infringement proceedings based on enforced patents and utility models as well as trademarks
General mechanical engineering, especially vehicle technology, motorcycle technology, large scale mechanical engineering; computer-aided manufacturing; design theory and manufacturing engineering; light-weight and ultra light-weight construction; fiber-plastic composite technology; fiber reinforced composites
Felix.Grosse@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Military service, German Armed Forces, Cuxhaven/Bremen
Dipl. Wirtschaftsingenieur (Diplom in industrial engineering and Industrial Management), studies in industrial property protection, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology
Development engineer in R&D, fiber reinforced composite and light-weight construction, medium-sized company, Braunschweig
Patent engineer at a Munich patent and law firm
Studies in law for patent attorneys, Fernuniversität in Hagen (Hagen distance education university)
Employed patent attorney at a Munich patent and law firm
Partner at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2006
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2006
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2008
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
Association of German Industrial Engineers (VWI)
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA)
BSc Physics, PhD Physics (Cantab)
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; utility model law
General mechanical engineering; welding technology; laser technology; vacuum technology; safety technology
joachim.knauer@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 0
F +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 20
BSc Physics, University of London, King’s College, United Kingdom
PhD Physics, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Patent engineer with a patent law firm in Düsseldorf
Partner in a patent law firm in Düsseldorf
Partner at Grosse Bockhorni Schumacher
Partner at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2001
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2001
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2002
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
Dipl.-Ing., MSc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; utility model law; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; license agreements; FTO searches; infringement analyses; legal patent support in infringement proceedings based on enforced patents and utility models as well as trademarks
Medical technology; civil engineering; general machinery and plant engineering; automotive engineering; safety technology; lighting engineering; traffic engineering; laboratory technology
Helge.vonHirschhausen@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Master in Structural Engineering, Chalmers, Gothenburg – Sweden
Dipl.-Ing. (Diploma in engineering), RWTH Aachen University
Patent engineer at a Munich patent and law firm
Employed patent attorney at a Munich patent and law firm
Partner at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2005
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2005
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2008
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; utility model law; technical searches; FTO; license agreement law; start-up consulting;
Mechanical engineering; process technology; laser technology; measurement technology; packaging technology; medical technology; material technology; structural engineering
oliver.heinz@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 0
F +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 20
Graduate in Physics, Experimental Physics, University of Essen
Lecturer in medical radiation protection,
Haus der Technik Essen e.V., Institute of RWTH Aachen University;
Doctorate in natural sciences,
University of Duisburg-Essen, focus on surface and solid-state physics
Patent Engineer at GSKH
Employed patent attorney at GSKH
Partner at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2011
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2011
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2021
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
German Physics Society (DPG)
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., M.Sc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; utility model law; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; license agreements; FTO searches; infringement analyses; legal patent support in infringement proceedings based on enforced patents and utility models as well as trademarks
General mechanical engineering, especially automotive engineering, large scale mechanical engineering and hydraulic engineering; general environmental technology, especially waste and waste water treatment; sewage process engineering; urban water systems engineering
Maximilian.Wittmer@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. (Diploma in Industrial Engineering), Munich University of Applied Sciences
Research stay, State of Mongolia
Master in Engineering Ecology, Technical University Munich
Research associate, Technical University of Munich
Research stay, People’s Republic of China
Doctorate in Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Patent Engineer at GSKH
Studies in law for patent attorneys, Fernuniversität in Hagen (Hagen Distance Education University)
Employed Patent Attorney at GSKH
Partner at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2013
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2013
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2014
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; industrial property rights infringement proceedings, employee invention law, license agreement drafting
General mechanical engineering, physics; mining
Studies in physics, RWTH Aachen
Doctorate from RWTH Aachen University
Joined with Patent Attorney Dr. Palgen to create the law firm Palgen & Schumacher
Merger into the law firm Grosse Bockhorni Schumacher
Merger into the law firm Grosse Schumacher Knauer von Hirschhausen
German Patent Attorney since 1977
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 1980
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of
Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
Attorney at Law
German and international trademark law; competition law; copyright and design law; employee invention law; media law; license law and general contract law
Gunilla.Grosse-vonKempski@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Erasmus studentship, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
1st State Examination in Law, Ruprechts-Karls University, Heidelberg
Brand Manager, European Patent Office in The Hague, Netherlands
Legal clerkship, Lübeck/Hamburg Higher Regional Court
2nd State Examination in Law, Hamburg Higher Regional Court
Employed attorney at a Munich patent and law firm
Employed attorney at GSKH
Attorney at Law since 2006
Chamber of Lawyers Munich
German Association for Commercial Legal Protection and Copyright Law (GRUR)
German-Italian Lawyers’ Association
Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; industrial property rights infringement proceedings, employee invention law, license agreement drafting
General mechanical engineering, physics; mining
Studies in mechanical engineering, RWTH Aachen University
Studies in physics, Cologne University
Doctorate at Cologne University and Max Planck Institute for Iron Research Düsseldorf
Joined with Patent Attorney Kuborn to create the law firm Kuborn & Palgen
Joined with Patent Attorney Dr. Schumacher to create the law firm Palgen & Schumacher
Merger into the law firm Grosse Bockhorni Schumacher
Merger into the law firm Grosse Schumacher Knauer von Hirschhausen
German Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
LL.M.
Certified IP lawyer
Attorney at Law
German and international trademark law; design law; competition law; copyright; contract law
kai.piepenbrink@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 0
F +49 (0)201 – 842 30 – 20
1st State Examination in Law, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn
2nd State Examination in Law, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
Attorney at Law and Certified IP Lawyer
Attorney at Law and Certified IP Lawyer at GSKH
Attorney at Law since 2000
Certified IP Lawyer since 2010
Dipl.-Chem.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination and appeal proceedings; utility model law; trademark law; employee invention law; contracts on cooperation and orders in R&D, on licenses and non-disclosure agreements
Polymer chemistry; pharmaceutical compositions; medical technology; chemical system and process technology; graphite; SiC ceramics; carbon fibers; SiC fibers; textile processing technology; fiber reinforced composites and components of them for the wind energy, aeronautics and automotive industries; 3D printing
Simon.Poxleitner@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Graduate in chemistry, LMU Munich
Research associate in the chair for organic chemistry and polymer chemistry, LMU Munich
Doctorate in natural sciences, LMU Munich
Patent engineer at a Munich patent and law firm
In-house Patent Attorney at SGL Carbon SE, Augsburg
Self-employed Patent Attorney in Munich
Employed Patent Attorney at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2011
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2011
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2012
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2024
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
LL.M. (Northwestern)
Attorney at Law
Attorney-at-Law (New York)
German, European and international trademark law; competition law; copyright and design law; media law; patent law; license and general contract law
Stefan.Eichhammer@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
1st State Examination in Law, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen
Legal clerkship, Nuremberg Higher Regional Court
2nd State Examination in Law, Nuremberg
LL.M. studies, Northwestern University, Chicago
Research Assistant, University of Bayreuth
Scholarship holder in the DFG Research Training Group “Intellectual Property and Public Domain”
Conferral of Dr. jur., University of Bayreuth
Attorney at Law in a Munich IP law firm
In-house counsel in a media company, Berlin
Employed attorney at GSKH
Attorney-at-Law (New York) since 2003
Rechtsanwalt (Attorney at Law) since 2008
Chamber of Lawyers Munich
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
Dipl.-Ing. (TUM)/M.Sc.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; utility model law
General mechanical engineering, especially automotive technology and industrial mechanical engineering; General civil engineering and structural physics, especially sustainable constructions; General environmental technology, especially hydraulic engineering, road construction, housing development, geotechnical engineering, waste water treatment and prevention of natural hazards; Renewable energies
Moritz.Breitreiner@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Bachelor in Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich
Graduate engineer/Master in Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich
Patent Engineer at GSKH
Studies in law for patent attorneys, Fernuniversität in Hagen (Hagen distance education university)
Employed Patent Attorney at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2018
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2018
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2019
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2023
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
Dipl.-Ing.
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; utility model law
General mechanical engineering, especially aerospace engineering, automotive engineering and hydraulic engineering; general electrical engineering, especially semiconductor technology, control and regulation technology
Markus.Alsing@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
B.Sc. Mathematical Engineering, University of the German Armed Forces, Munich
Employee, Intales Engineering Solutions
Degree candidate, Ariane Group
Employee, BMW Motorrad
Dipl.-Ing. (diploma in engineering), Mechatronics, LFU Innsbruck
Patent Engineer at GSKH
Employed Patent Attorney at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2022
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2022
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2021
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2024
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
M. Sc. Physics, M. Sc. Econo-Physics
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Patent examination, appeal and nullity proceedings; trademark law; design law; employee invention law; utility model law
Physics, especially optics, atomic and particle physics; laser and lighting technology; medical technology; general mechanical engineering, especially automotive engineering and bicycle technology; general electrical engineering, especially semiconductor technology, control and regulation technology; mobile communications
Alexander.Mueller@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
B. Sc. Econo-Physics, Ulm University
M. Sc. Physics, M. Sc. Econo-Physics,
Ulm University and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Intern at TRUMPF Tooling Machines, Ditzingen
Patent Engineer at a Munich patent and law firm
Intern at District Court Mannheim, 7th civil chamber
Freelancing and employed Patent Attorney in Munich
Employed Patent Attorney at GSKH
German Patent Attorney since 2021
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2021
Professional Representative before the European Patent Office since 2022
Professional Representative before the UPC since 2024
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
German Patent Attorneys’ Association
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
MSc
Patent Engineer
Patent Professional
General mechanical engineering, especially automotive engineering and gear technology; bicycle technology; component optimization; lightweight design; additive manufacturing; composite materials; energy and process engineering; development and design
Cornelius.Seeling@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Employee, BMW Group
BSc Mechanical Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hanover
Employee, BMW Group México
Employee, BMW Group
MSc Mechanical Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hanover
Patent Engineer at GSKH
MSc
Patent Engineer
Patent Professional
General mechanical engineering, especially aerospace engineering; thermodynamics; aerodynamics; wind energy; microfluidics; manufacturing automation; production optimization; energy engineering
Maximilian.vonderGruen@gskh.eu
T +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 0
F +49 (0)89 – 99 399 77 – 99
Erasmus studentship, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
BSc Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt
Employee, Airbus Group
MSc Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt
Research associate at the Faculty of Geomatics, Computer Science and Mathematics, HFT Stuttgart
Patent Engineer at a Munich patent and law firm
Patent Engineer at GSKH
In addition to our attorneys, scientists and engineers, we have an outstanding and internationally-experienced team of employees in specialist secretariats, which we greatly appreciate. Together with our entire team, we look forward to a fruitful co-operation with you.
