Claas Junghans
Dipl.-Chem., Dr. rer. nat., MBA
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Managing pArtner
junghans@mittepatent.de
My technical fields are chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology and medicine. I work with inventors from the fields of pharmacy, cell therapy, immunology and molecular diagnostics.
Another important aspect of my work is advising start-up companies on patent strategy, questions of strategic business development and the negotiation and drafting of licence contracts. In the last 20 years I have also helped establish a series of small companies.
Before founding our office with Jesko, I held senior management positions in life science startup companies active in the fields of molecular biology, immunology, vaccines and pharmaceutical research.
My initial training in chemistry at TU Berlin concentrated on natural product and liquid crystal chemistry. I completed my doctorate in medical molecular biology at the FU Berlin (now the Charité).
Ben Jesko Schulz
Dipl.-Phys., Dr. rer. nat.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Managing Partner
schulz@mittepatent.de
The technical focus of my patent work is in the areas of physics, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, information technology and telecommunications. I greatly enjoy the variety of inventions in my area, from optical systems, medical technology and vehicle components to wind energy, solar equipment and large-scale chemical processing plants.
Besides drafting patents and taking them through the application process I also advise clients in conflict and dispute cases. I am responsible for operational management within the practice.
I studied theoretical physics at the Freie Universität Berlin, writing my diploma thesis on exactly solvable models in quantum field theory. I gained my doctorate in computational physics from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz; this was specifically concerned with the development and implementation of Monte Carlo algorithms within statistical mechanics.
Knut Seliger
Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Dipl.-Ing., LL.M.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Managing Partner
seliger@mittepatent.de
My practice focuses particularly on mechanical engineering and plant construction, vehicle construction, welding technology, medical technology, energy technology, process technology, transmission technology, vibration technology and telecommunications.
The clients I advise include many small and medium-sized companies with a global presence in their fields. Alongside drafting patent applications I also consult on issues of international patent strategy, employee inventions law, patent infringement and industrial property rights.
I am the partner responsible for human resources management within the practice.
After completing training in mechanical skills I studied mechanical engineering at the Technical College Wildau (where I specialized in fabrication) and engineering design at the Technical University Dresden (where I specialized in construction). For my engineering and graduate theses I examined boiler production and the construction of a foil monitor for a particle accelerator, and I also looked at construction methods based on analysis of patent literature.
Jens Bolsinger
Dipl.-Chem., Dr. rer. nat.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, managing Partner
bolsinger@mittepatent.de
The technical focus of my patent work is chemistry, especially inorganic, organic and pharmaceutical chemistry, as well as catalytic reaction processes.
Alongside this I also advise a large number of start-up companies, particularly on trade marks and designs.
Prior to training to become a patent attorney at a reputed Berlin firm I worked at the FU Berlin’s patent and licensing service (PULS).
I began my chemistry studies at the University of Karlsruhe, and then continued them at the FU Berlin. My diploma thesis was concerned with the synthesis of antimalarial drugs from natural products. I then did my doctorate at the FU Berlin and at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia, in the field of synthesis of novel Organotellurium compounds and their applications in catalysis.
Loy Ullmann
Attorney at Law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
ullmann@mittepatent.de
As an attorney at law and certified intellectual property attorney, I work and advise primarily in trademark, competition, design and patent law. As such I am also a consultant for the Berlin-Brandenburg business plan competition and help founders with trademark and copyright issues.
I have been working as an attorney in the field of intellectual property since 2003. Since then I have also published regularly on intellectual property law. This includes, for example, my judgment reviews in the juris “Praxis-Report Competition and Intellectual Property Law”.
Before I started working as a lawyer, I worked from 2002 to 2003 as a contracted legal adviser at the Berlin insurance ombudsman. I completed my legal internship in Berlin and New York. After my first state examination, I worked temporarily as a member of the legal staff of the law firm Joel Levi & Co in Tel Aviv and in the legal department of Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in Stuttgart. I began my law studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and completed them in Heidelberg.
Thomas Dertinger
Dipl.-Phys., Dr. rer. nat.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, managing Partner
dertinger@mittepatent.de
My expertise is rooted in the field of biophysics and physics, especially in optics.
I have acquired additional strong expertise in the field of computer-implemented inventions (software), digital transformation and automotive engineering.
Through my own company I have licensed an invention in optical microscopy to a leading international technology firm. Alongside this, I advise firms on optics and microscopy.
I am active in IP-consulting and in small business development, as well as portfolio building.
After studying physics at the University of Cologne, I completed my doctorate on Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy at the Institute for Biological Information Processing at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
I then spent 3 years in the U.S. working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where my research focused on questions concerning the interface between biology and physics, particularly in the area of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy.
Anna Lena Wölke
Dipl. BioCHEM., Dr. rer. nat
Patent EnginEER
I work on inventions mainly in the fields of biology, medicine, pharmacy and chemistry.
After studying biochemistry in Berlin and a laboratory placement at the University of San Diego (UCSD), I attained my doctoral thesis at the FU Berlin at the Chair of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry under Professor Ernst-Walter Knapp.
My research focused on calculations that simulate and predict protein structures in order to understand central mechanisms of energy metabolism.
Subsequently, I worked as a postdoc at the University of Cambridge (UK) on pharmacological questions. The project focused on machine learning algorithms for predicting the efficacy of drugs.
I have been part of Schulz Junghans' team since early 2018.
Katherina Bellmann
M.Sc. Biochem., Dr. rer. nat.
European Patent Attorney
My technical focus is in the field of biochemistry and related disciplines such as molecular and cell biology, pharmacy and chemistry. My area of work also covers inventions related to medicine.
Before joining Schulz Junghans, I conducted research for my doctorate in the field of epigenetic regulation in the heart and skeletal muscle.
I studied biochemistry at the University of Leipzig and ETH Zurich. The topic of my master thesis was related to molecular mechanisms of tRNA maturation.
Ina von Buchholz
Dipl.-Ing., B.Sc.
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney
My technical focus lies in mechanical and plant engineering as well as in the broad field of chemical, biological and mechanical process engineering.
Furthermore, I have extensive experience in metrology and medical technology.
After my studies in environmental engineering and process engineering at the BTU Cottbus, I worked as a scientific assistant in chemical reaction engineering in the field of combustion engineering and in the development of measuring instruments for another two years.
After my time at university, I worked as a project manager for a market leader in the field of safety and medical technology, where I led innovation and development projects in the area of product development and production improvement.
I have joined Schulz Junghans' team as a patent attorney trainee in 2018.
Alexis Vogelzang
BSci. Hon. Immunology, PHD.Med. Sci.
Patent EnginEER
My work with the life sciences team at Schulz Junghans draws on my research background in academia and industry.
After completing my studies at the University of Edinburgh, I worked in pre-clinical development of therapeutic antibodies, and attained a research doctorate in cytokine biology at the Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia.
As a staff scientist in the laboratory of Prof. Stefan Kaufmann at the Max Planck Institute of Infection Biology in Berlin, I managed projects in vaccine development and mucosal immunology.
I then spent 3 years as a Special Post-Doctorate Researcher at the RIKEN Institute of Medical Sciences in Yokohama, Japan, where my collaborations with Dr. Sidonia Fagarasan and Prof. Tasuku Honjo spanned the fields of immune modulation, metabolism, microbiota, and the gut-brain-immune axis.
I joined the Schulz Junghans team as a European patent attorney trainee in 2019.
Jaan Freudenfeld
M. Sc., Dr. rer. nat
Patent EnginEER
I mainly work on inventions related to the field of physics. In addition, inventions from the fields of mechanical engineering, electronics, instrument engineering and medical technology are also part of my field of activity. My professional background is in physics. After completing my Master's degree at the LMU Munich, I did my doctorate in Berlin at the Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics, in which I focused on transport experiments in quantum circuits at low temperatures. Since February 2021, I have been part of the Schulz Junghans team as a patent attorney candidate.
Anne Neumann
M.SC. chem., PHD Chem.
Patent EnginEER
I mainly work on inventions related to chemistry, material science, biochemistry and pharmaceutical science.
After completing my studies in chemistry at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, I worked on a joint PhD project between The Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London. The focus of my research project was the design, development and evaluation of inhibitors for an epigenetic target within a fragment-based drug discovery approach.
I joined the team of Schulz Junghans in November 2021.
