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Dr. Susanne Sonnenhauser

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Biol., German Patent Attorney,
European Patent Attorney, European Trademark & Design Attorney
Registered Representative before the Unified Patent Court

+49 89 69 39 21-0sonnenhauser@pruefer.eu

Professional career

BIOGRAPHY:
Ms Sonnenhauser has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2005, and is admitted as a German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney. She has been with Prüfer & Partner since 2008.

Susanne Sonnenhauser has studied biology at the Technical University of Munich with a focus on genetics, microbiology and immunology and has graduated in 2001 with a diploma thesis in the field of analysis of signal transduction in cells. Subsequently, she completed her doctoral thesis in the field of regulation of the immune response.

LANGUAGES:
German, English, French

Specialist areas of activity

ACTIVITIES:

  • Patent prosecution (patent drafting; examination proceedings)
  • opposition and appeal proceedings
  • Infringement and validity opinions, freedom-to-operate (FTO)-analyses, due diligence
  • consultancy with regard to trademarks (trade mark application, developing of a trade mark strategy, developing of a trade mark portfolio)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Pharma, life science and biotechnology, in particular:

  • medicaments (active substances, formulations), biopharmaceuticals
  • virology and genetic engineering
  • biological materials, DNA-related inventions and vaccines
  • therapeutic and diagnostic methods
  • medical products and devices, targeted drug delivery
  • medical technology (such as balloon catheters)

Publications and memberships

Publications

Oser A. und Sonnenhauser S., JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023, 773-774: “Plausibilität – ein ungelöstes Problem bei der Patenterteilung”

Memberships

Chamber of Patent Attorneys
epi – European Patent Institute
FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys