GERMANY LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Dr. Clemens Tobias Steins, Dr. Michael Pfeifer, Dr. Daniel Grohs and Dr. Bianca-Lucia Vos, Hoffmann Eitle
Dr. Daniel Grohs is a German and European patent attorney, an expert in patent litigation and a UPC representative. He is a partner in HOFFMANN EITLE’s Chemistry practice group. For
Dr. Bianca-Lucia Vos is a patent attorney and a UPC Representative. She is a partner in HOFFMANN EITLE’s Chemistry practice group and an expert in supplementary
two decades, he has been representing and advising clients from various technical fields, including pharmaceuticals, microorganisms, food products, organic chemistry, functional polymers, and filter technology. His main area of work concerns opposition and appeal proceedings before the European and the German Patent Office, validity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice, opinion work and patent prosecution. Daniel has extensive litigation experience before the German civil courts.
protection certificates (SPCs). She has gained extensive experience in the prosecution of patents in examination and opposition/appeal proceedings before the EPO and has been involved in nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court. She specialises in the prosecution of SPCs and is responsible for advising clients on their SPC strategy, including the filing strategy for the underlying patent. Bianca also coordinates the international filing of SPC applications for biopharmaceuticals and drugs containing chemical compounds and examination and appeal proceedings before national courts and patent offices in Europe and countries outside the EU.
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