Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.)
European Patent Attorney
BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Ulrike Henneböhle has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2006 and became European Patent Attorney in 2010 amd has been working as European Patent Attorney at Prüfer & Partner since 2017.
She worked as head of intellectual property for TRUMPF Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG prior joining Prüfer & Partner. Until 2011 she also worked several years for TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG in the field of IP.
Frau Dr. Henneböhle studied mechanical engineering with a major in production technologies at the RWTH Aachen. She holds a PhD degree from the RWTH Aachen in cooperation with EADS Deutschland GmbH.
LANGUAGES:
German, English
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
No publications
epi – European Patent Institute
Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Mechanical Engineering
Patent Professional
BIOGRAPHY:
Willibald Hiemer has been working for Prüfer & Partner since 2008. Prior to that, he was employed in the medical technology industry as a representative for Regulatory Affairs and Patents at KREUZER GmbH + Co. oHG and TRUMPF Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG. Willibald Hiemer also worked as a development engineer in the automotive supply industry at Webasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik and Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH.
He studied general mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich.
LANGUAGES:
German, English
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
No publications
No memberships
Attorney-at-Law
(Cooperation Partner)
BIOGRAPHY:
Christoph Jaeckel has been working as a freelance lawyer since March 2021 and supports Prüfer & Partner as a cooperation partner, in particular for intellectual property rights related to China . Before that, he first worked for a law firm specialized in trademark law in Berlin and later worked for six years in the area of trademark law and patent law in Shanghai, China. He studied law at the Free University of Berlin and completed his legal traineeship at Kammergericht Berlin.
LANGUAGES:
German, English, Chinese
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
“Modeschutz – Gewerbliche Schutzrechte für Modeneuheiten und Modeunternehmen” Christoph Jaeckel, presentation, 13 October 2010, Hamburg,
“Strategie-Frage, Schutz des Designs vor Nachahmungen”, Christoph Jaeckel, China Contact 2009, p. 43-44,
“Rechtsschutz gegen unberechtigte Schutzrechtsverwarnungen”, Christoph Jaeckel (co-author), MarkenR 2008, p. 365-378,
“Die bösgläubige Markenanmeldung”, Christoph Jaeckel (co-author), MarkenR 2008, p. 296-309.
“Schutz geistigen Eigentums, geheim halten oder aktiv patentieren?” Christoph Jaeckel, ChinaContact 09/10 2019 S. 22-23
“Schneller Schutz mit Gebrauchsmustern” Christoph Jaeckel ChinaContact 11/12 2019 S. 44-46
DAV – German Bar Association
DCJV – German Chinese Lawyers Association
ECTA – European Communities Trade Mark Association
GRUR – German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law Munich
Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, EPLC (Maastricht University)
European Trademark & Design Attorney
Registered Representative before the Unified Patent Court
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Peter Klein has been working as a patent attorney at Prüfer & Partner since 2004. He joined Prüfer & Partner as trainee in 2004.
Prior to this, he worked as a project coordinator at the University of Dortmund for the microsensor technology alliance NRW.
He received his Ph.D. in physics from LMU Munich. Dr. Peter Klein worked as research assistant at the semiconductor laboratory of the Max Planck Institutes for Physics and Extraterrestrial Physics. Previously, he worked as a system programmer at Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG.
He studied physics and computer science at LMU Munich.
LANGUAGES:
German (mother tongue), English, French
ACTIVITIES:
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
“Design and Performance of Semiconductor Detectors with Integrated Amplification and Charge Storage Capability”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A305 (1991) 517…
“Study of a DEPJFET pixel matrix with continuous clear mechanism”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A392 (1997) 254…
“First Measurements on a DEPFET Active Pixel Matrix for X-Ray Imaging Spectroscopy”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4013 (2000), p. 605-611
i.a.
Chamber of Patent Attorneys
epi – European Patent Institute
FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
VPP – Association of Intellectual Property Experts
AIPPI – International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
B.S., M.S. und Dr. rer.nat.
(Pohang University of Science and Technology, POSTECH, Korea)
Korean Patent Attorney
BIOGRAPHY:
2006-2017 Patent Examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
2018-2019 Litigation performer at KIPO
2015 Admission as a Korean Patent Attorney
Dr. Ok Joo Lee has been working as a patent professional at Prüfer & Partner since February 2022. She mainly handles patent prosecution before the European Patent Office.
She worked as a patent examiner and as a litigation performer at KIPO. Prior to her work at KIPO, she held the following scientific and technical positions: she was employed at LG Chem (now LG Energy Solution, Korea) in the lithium secondary battery department; as a researcher in the field of block copolymers at the Max-Planck-Institute for polymer research (Germany); researcher in the field of organic thin film transistors at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea).
She studied chemical engineering at POSTECH (Korea) and completed her Ph.D. degree there in an electronic material processing program.
LANGUAGES:
Korean (mother tongue), English, Japanese, German (basic knowledge)
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
OJ Lee et al., Macromo. Res., 24(10), 2016, pp. 851-855
DH Kim, OJ Lee et al., J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 6(12) 2006, pp. 3871-3876(6)
PS Lee, OJ Lee, Chem. Mat., 2005 17, pp. 6181-6185
OJ Lee et al., Syn. Met., 2005 148(3) pp.263-266
OJ Lee et al., Appl. P. Letters, 82, 2003, pp. 3770-3772
OJ Lee et al., MRS, 2003 pp. 41-46
OJ Lee et al., Appl. Physics A, 2003 75, pp. 599-602
OJ Lee et al., J. Noncrystalline Solids, 2002 298(2-3) pp. 287-292 SH Jeong,
OJ Lee et al., Chem. Mat., 2002 14(4) pp. 1859-1862
No memberships
Dipl.-Phys. (Univ.), Master of Laws
Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney,
European Trademark & Design Attorney
Registered Representative before the Unified Patent Court
BIOGRAPHY:
Alexander Lehmann has been working in intellectual property law since 1991, as a patent attorney since 1995 and as a partner at Prüfer & Partner since 2008. Before training to be a patent attorney, he gained practical experience in the automobile industry. He studied physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and gained his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European intellectual property law at the University of Hagen.
LANGUAGES:
German (mother tongue), English (business fluent), French (basic knowledge)
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
No publications
Chamber of German Patent Attorneys
Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
VPP – Association of Intellectual Property Experts
epi – European Patent Institute
FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
INTA – International Trademark Association
Dipl.-Phys., Bachelor of Science
Patent Professional
BIOGRAPHY:
Naoko Ritter has been working for Prüfer & Partner since 2011.
Before that, she worked as a patent engineer at a patent attorney’s office in Tokyo.
After studying physics at the University of Hamburg, she also worked as a research associate at the Institute of Laser Physics in Hamburg. Before working as a development engineer at the Research Centre for Semiconductor Technology at Toshiba Co. in Japan, she studied physics at the University of Sophia in Tokyo.
LANGUAGES:
Japanese (mother tongue), German, English
ACTIVITIES:
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
“Hot Electron Injection Characteristics in Asymmetrically Structured Submicron MOSFETs“, Jap. J. of Appl. Phys. Let., Vol.28, No.1, p.21, 1989
“A Surrounding Gate Transistor (SGT) Cell for 64/256 Mbit DRAMs“, IEEE Proceedings of the IEDM (International Electron Devices Meeting), p.23, 1989
No memberships
Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering
European Patent Attorney
BIOGRAPHY:
Bernhard Scheuvens has been working at Prüfer & Partner in intellectual property rights protection since 2002 and has been a European Patent Attorney since 2006.
Prior to that, he pursued a teaching career and was also involved in electronics development and documentation.
He studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University.
LANGUAGES:
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
ACTIVITIES:
Patent granting, opposition and appeal proceedings in the fields of:
No publications
epi – European Patent Institute
B.Sc. Physics, M.Sc. Geophysics
European Patent Attorney
BIOGRAPHY:
Sophia Steinmüller has been working for Prüfer & Partner since 2013.
In addition, she worked at the German Alpine Club in the field of applied research on safety issues from 2013-2015.
She studied physics and geophysics at Ludwig-Maximilians and Technical University of Munich.
During her studies, she completed an industrial internship at TÜV Süd AG in the field of radiation protection and environmental engineering.
LANGUAGES:
German, English, French (basic knowledge), Italian (basic knowledge)
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No publications
No memberships
Dr.-Ing.
Patent Professional
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Leonie Wittmann has been a patent attorney candidate at Prüfer & Partner since September 2025. Prior to this, she worked in the development at Endress & Hauser Deutschland GmbH + Co. KG, where she modeled acoustic effects in flow measurement technology. She received her doctorate with honors from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in the field of bioseparation technology of yeast using nanotechnology in microfluidic systems. Her studies at TUM included molecular and industrial biotechnology.
LANGUAGES:
German, English, French
SPECIAL FIELDS:
L. Wittmann, E. Krucker-Velasquez, J. Schaupp et al., “Magnetophoresis in Microfluidic Applications: Influence of Magnetic Convection in Hydrodynamic Fields”, Nanoscale 2025, 17, 1574
L. Wittmann, M. Eigenfeld, K. Büchner et al., “Milllifluidic magnetophoresis-based chip for age-specific fractionation: evaluating the impact of age on metabolomics and gene expression in yeast”, Lab on a Chip 2024, 24, 2987
no memberships
