Ulrike Herr

Ulrike specializes in the fields of chemistry and pharmaceuticals, with particular emphasis on medicinal products, dental materials and organic chemistry such as polymers.

Ulrike provides counselling on patent portfolio strategies and portfolio management across a wide range of IP-related matters including validity, infringement and nullity proceedings, supplementary protection certificates, due diligence and freedom-to-operate. She drafts patent applications and oversees patent prosecution worldwide. She has successfully conducted numerous opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO. She advised on and coordinated national and international filings of supplementary protection certificates.

Education/Alumni:

• 2023 Admitted to practice before the UPC
• 2008 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney
• 2008 Admitted to practice as European Trademark and Design Attorney
• 2004 - 2006 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen
• 2004 Admitted to practice as a European Patent Attorney
• 1995 - 1998 Doctoral degree in the field of organic chemistry from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 1989 - 1995 Studied chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England (Erasmus Stipendium), and at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Network Memberships:

• FICPI
• VPP
• AIPPI