{"id":5008,"date":"2022-08-03T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pruefer.eu\/team\/dr-dorothea-hofer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:55:38","slug":"dr-dorothea-hofer","status":"publish","type":"teammitglieder","link":"https:\/\/pruefer.eu\/en\/team\/dr-dorothea-hofer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dorothea Hofer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Dorothea Hofer<\/h1>\n
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Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys. (Univ.),
\nPatent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, EPLC (Maastricht University)
\nEuropean Trademark & Design Attorney
\nRegistered Representative before the Austrian Patent Office<\/p>\n

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Professional career <\/h2>\n

BIOGRAPHY:<\/strong>
\nDr. Dorothea Hofer has been with Pr\u00fcfer & Partner since 1993 and has been a managing partner since 1998. She gained her Ph.D. in physics at the LMU Munich.
\nAfter studying physics at LMU Munich, she also worked for Siemens in the area of semiconductor physics. <\/b><\/p>\n

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ACTIVITIES<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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  • conducting litigation proceedings:\n
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    • patent and utility model infringement proceedings (before the District Courts of Munich, D\u00fcsseldorf, Mannheim and Hamburg and before the competent Higher District Courts)<\/li>\n
    • opposition proceedings before the EPO and the GPTO, nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • cooperating with foreign associates in patent infringement proceedings in foreign countries such as Italy, France, Japan and the US<\/li>\n
    • elaboration of patent applications, also with regard to the requirements of the USPTO<\/li>\n
    • prosecution of patent application<\/li>\n
    • advice on employee invention issues<\/li>\n
    • elaboration of licence agreements<\/li>\n
    • consultancy with regard to research and cooperation agreements<\/li>\n
    • advice on trademarks and designs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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      • physics<\/li>\n
      • medical technology<\/li>\n
      • 2D and 3D print<\/li>\n
      • semiconductors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/section>\n<\/polygon><\/svg>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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        Publications<\/h3>\n

        D. Hofer et al., “Direct and multiple excitations in 96Zr from inelastic scattering experiments”, Nucl. Phys. A 551 (1993), 173-209<\/p>\n

        Hofer, D., Stocker, W., “A Dirac particle in a scalar potential depending on one spatial coordinate”, (1989), Phys. Lett. A, 138, 463-464<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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        Memberships<\/h3>\n

        epi – European Patent Institute
        \nAIPPI – International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
        \nChamber of Patent Attorneys
        \nVPP – Association of Intellectual Property Experts
        \nGRUR – German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        (Managing Partner since 1998)
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