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.
LANGUAGES:
Chinese, English, German (basic knowledge)
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
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
No memberships
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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No publications
No memberships
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney,
European Trademark & Design Attorney
BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Peppmeier worked for Prüfer & Partner from November 2017 until February 2021, where he underwent the training to become a German and European Patent Attorney. Since March 2021, he has been registered as a patent attorney and supports Prüfer & Partner as a cooperation partner.
Before joining Prüfer & Partner he participated in the global graduate program for design and engineering of paper machines of the engineering company Voith GmbH. Additionally he gained practical experience at Robert Bosch GmbH and MTU Aero Engines AG in the field of production technology and CAD/CAM-Engineering.
During his studies of mechanical process engineering at TU Darmstadt, he was able to deepen his knowledge in the field of automotive technology, control engineering and process engineering. In both his bachelor and master thesis, Mr. Peppmeier discussed different aspects of kinetic energy storage systems.
LANGUAGES:
German, English, Spanish
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No publications
No memberships
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
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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
Dr. rer. nat., Mag. rer. nat. (Chemistry)
Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney,
European Trademark & Design Attorney
Registered Representative before the Unified Patent Court
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Gunther Schöllhammer has been working as a patent professional at Prüfer & Partner since June 2015. He has been a German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney since 2019. Prior to that, he worked in the engineering industry as a research engineer and patent professional.
After completing his doctorate at the University of Vienna, he worked there as a research associate at the Institute for Physical Chemistry.
He also completed his diploma in chemistry at the University of Vienna and at the University of Warwick (UK).
LANGUAGES:
German, English, French
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
G. Schöllhammer et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 480, 111 (2009)
G. Schöllhammer et al., Physical Review B 84, 094122 (2011)
T. Kerscher et al., Physical Review B 86, 014107 (2012)
Chamber of Patent Attorneys
epi – European Patent Institute
FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
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
