Introducing Our Team
GILLE HRABAL has a team of highly qualified and passionate patent attorneys whose diverse technical backgrounds cover basically every technical field. The patent attorneys at GILLE HRABAL are team players who support each other and continuously develop our in-house know-how and best practices. All our patent attorneys are also trademark and design attorneys, experienced in conducting IP searches and managing international patent, trademark and design portfolios.
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Dr. Norbert Struck advises domestic and foreign clients in patent matters in all physical and engineering fields as well as in design and trademark matters. His main practice areas are litigation on the one hand and the drafting of patent applications on the other hand, which he prosecutes until grant. In his practice, out-of-court solutions often bring more benefit to the client than long and costly court proceedings. One of Norbert’s …
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Dr. Helga Neidlein’s practice focuses on patent matters and supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) in the fields of pharmaceuticals, chemistry, materials sciences, life sciences and related areas. She has large experience in drafting patent applications and conducting opposition and nullity proceedings as well as in enforcing patents against infringers. Her areas of practice also include …
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Dr. Peter Roos advises clients from Germany and abroad mainly in the fields of patents, utility models and SPCs. His areas of practice also include trademarks and designs. His technical areas of expertise include chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, life science, polymer chemistry and technical chemistry. A particular focus of his practice is the handling of national and international patent litigation, …
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Dr. Dirk Bröcher advises German and international clients in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, designs and SPCs in both litigation and prosecution. His technical fields of expertise are chemistry, pharmaceuticals and life science including polymer chemistry, process engineering, technical chemistry, physical chemistry, agrochemistry, biotechnology and medical devices. A special focus of his practice is the handling of national and international patent litigation, opposition, nullity and appeal proceedings. Dirk represents …
Dipl.-LM-Chem. Martina Klemm
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Dipl. LM-Chem. Martina Klemm advises small and medium-sized companies as well as major international corporations in all areas of intellectual property protection. Her technical fields include general and analytical chemistry, pharmaceuticals, life science, food and natural products chemistry. With her experience in developing individual IP strategies as well as in managing large worldwide IP portfolios, Martina offers our clients …
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Dr. Ingo Bauer advises German and international clients in patent matters in all engineering fields as well as in designs and trademarks. Ingo’s special strengths are his holistic advisory approach and creativity in developing individual solutions for his clients, tailored to their specific needs, business environment and objectives. In the preparation of patent and design applications as well as in the examination proceedings, he applies the best practices, on which he also lectures. Enforcement …
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Dr. Jürgen Dressel’s professional focus is on patent litigation. Through his former position as Head of Global Patent Litigation Strategy in one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical corporations, he has extensive experience in the preparation and support of international patent litigation. He was named one of the Top 50 Most Influential People in IP …
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Dr. Nils Eichenauer advises clients from Germany and abroad especially in patent matters in the fields of chemistry and related areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and material sciences. Design and trademark matters are also part of his practice. His professional focus is drafting patent applications, supervising examination proceedings and advising spin-offs and individual inventors, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large internationally …
Dr. Lorenz Obrecht
European Patent Attorney
Lorenz is very experienced in drafting patent applications and in examination proceedings.
Opposition and nullity proceedings also belong to his areas of practice. Besides, he handles trademark and design…
Dr. Felix Meinel
Associate Patent Attorney
Dr. Meinel is experienced in providing strategic advice to start-ups, taking into account technical property rights, trademarks and designs. In addition, he advises and represents medium-sized and large companies, in particular in patent matters. His technical focus is on engineering. His particular strengths include his comprehensive consulting approach and his creativity in finding individual solutions…
European Patent Attorney
Dipl.-Chem. Eleni Glachtsiou handles domestic and foreign Patent matters in the fields of Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Material sciences and Food products. In addition, her practice areas include Trademark and Design matters. Eleni conducts client’s needs oriented searches for prior art and for conflicting IP rights including patents, utility models, trademarks..
Yue Sautter is our expert for the Asia region with a focus on China. She heads our Asia Desk and supports our clients in all related matters. In addition, she supports our patent attorneys in working with cooperation partners and assisting clients from China with patents, utility models, trademarks and designs as well as prosecution and litigation in technical fields ranging from chemistry, pharmaceuticals and medical technology to mechanics, physics, electrical …
Teru Koide, M.Eng., B.Sc.
Teru Koide, M.Eng., B.Sc., is an IP professional with Japanese roots. As a former patent examiner and administrative judge of the Japanese Patent Office, he assists our clients in patent, trademark and design matters including prosecution and litigation proceedings related to Japan and is responsible for all matters related to Japan in our Asia Desk. In addition, he supports us in the preparation of European patent applications and prosecution proceedings. His technical areas of expertise …
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Dr. Gerhard Wollmann has special expertise in the field of intellectual property searches. As a search specialist with decades of experience, his core competencies include prior art searches in patent and non-patent literature as well as searches for conflicting IP rights. Gerhard covers both the engineering and chemical fields including searches in the STN databases. Due to his former work as search specialist in the industry, he focuses his searches on the practical needs of our clients and adopts…
Dr. Daniel Komisarek
German and European Patent Trainee
Yeong-sook Seo
Foreign Affairs Manager Korea
Yeong-sook Seo is responsible for South Korea in our Asia Desk Team. She supports us in all patent, trademark and design matters related to South Korea including examination and grant proceedings as well as litigation and enforcement of IP rights in South Korea. In addition, Yeong supports our patent attorneys in working with …
Dr. Johannes Lüning
Associate Counsel
Dr. Johannes Lüning is an expert in the medical and pharmaceutical field and supports us with his expertise and practical experience mainly in patent matters in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical technology, tissue engineering, diagnostics and life science. His technical and scientific expertise is of great value in advising and assisting our domestic and international.