Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Melanie Pfeuffer LL.M.

Technical education

Doctorate as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria

• Dr. rer. nat. in Theoretical Particle Physics at the University of Regensburg
• as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation

Studied physics in the Elite Graduate Program in Physics

• Diploma in physics as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria at the University of Regensburg and the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
• with the scholarship for particularly gifted students from the Free State of Bavaria

Studied mathematics

• at the University of Regensburg, intermediate diploma

Working student, research internships

• at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on Long Island, USA
• at the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory in Bamberg
• Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste, Italy
• in the research department of a large international technology group in Munich

Legal education

Training as a patent attorney

• at the German Patent and Trademark Office
• at the Federal Patent Court
• at a patent disputes court of the district court Mannheim
• in a patent lawfirm

Studied Law

• at the University of Hagen
• at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (LL.M.)

Main focus of practice

• All matters relating to industrial property protection, in particular patent, utility model, trademark and design patent applications
• Opposition, appeal and nullity proceedings
• Infringement proceedings pertaining to patent, trademark, design and utility model rights
• Development and monitoring of patent applications abroad in cooperation with associate attorneys

Technical focus

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Plastics processing technology
• Medical technology
• Optics
• Communication technology
• Electronics
• Information technology
• Automotive engineering
• Semiconductor technology
• Control technology

Mitgliedschaften

• Patentanwaltskammer
• Europäisches Patentinstitut (epi)
• AIPPI
• Women in ip e.V.
• European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT)
• GRUR