Dr. rer. nat., B.Sc., M.Sc. (Pharmacy)
Patent Professional
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Cheng Cheng has been working as a patent professional at Prüfer & Partner since March 2018. Dr Cheng Cheng studied and completed her Ph.D. degree under an EU research program in drug discovery at the Graduate School of Life Science of the University of Würzburg (Germany). Prior to her PhD study, she completed her Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (UK), and a degree of Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China). During her studies she also worked as a research assistant at the University of Strathclyde and as an internship student at AstraZeneca in Macclesfield in the UK.
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Chinese, English, German (basic knowledge)
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Cheng C et al., Nat. Prod. Res., 2017 Dec; 31(23), 2818-2823
El-Hossary EM, Cheng C et al., Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2017 Jan; 126, 631-651
Cheng C et al., Tet. Lett., 2016 Sep; 57 (37), 4196-4199
Cheng C et al., Tet. Lett., 2016 June; 57 (25), 2786-2789
Horn H, Cheng C et al., Mar. Genomics., 2015 Dec; 24, 285-287
Abdelmohsen UR, Cheng C et al., Planta Med. 2015 Mar; 81(5), 382-387
Cheng C et al., PLoS ONE, 2015 Sep; 10(9): e0138528
Abdelmohsen UR, Cheng C et al., Mar. Drugs., 2014 Mar; 12 (3), 1220-1244
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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.
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German, English
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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.
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Japanese (mother tongue), German, English
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“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
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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:
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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.
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German, English, French (basic knowledge), Italian (basic knowledge)
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