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Benjamin Ruckert

Benjamin Ruckert

Abteilung

Intellectual Property / Patents

Position

German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Partner

»When working on a case, I combine my natural curiosity and interest in abstract thinking for a thorough understanding of the matter. It is with precision and efficiency that I fight for your success.«

As a German patent attorney and a professional representative before the European Patent Office, Dr. Ruckert represents German and international clients in the patent grant procedure before the German Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office. His main technical fields include telecommunications and communication engineering (e.g. mobile radio standards, such as GSM, LTE, LTE-A and 5G). His other technical areas include mechanics (e.g. sports equipment and medical devices) and physics (e.g. superconductors).

Dr. Ruckert also frequently drafts expert opinions on the legal validity and infringement of patents and utility models. Another area of his practice involves conducting opposition, appeal and nullity proceedings as well as participating in patents and utility models infringement proceedings that frequently involve cross-border disputes. Dr. Ruckert handles mandates from individual inventors, SMEs and international corporations.

Karriere

2019 - today

Partner of the firm

2015 - today

German and European Patent Attorney at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany

2013 - today

German patent attorney at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany

2010 - 2013

Patent engineer and trainee patent attorney at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany

Sprachen

German, English, French

Ausbildung

2023

Registration as a Representative before the UPC

2015

Licensed to practice as a European Patent Attorney

2013

Licensed to practice as a German Patent Attorney

2010 - 2013

Law for Patent Attorneys at the FernUniversität, Hagen, Germany

2009 - 2010

Research Scientist in the field of Grid Computing at the Chair for Experimental Particle Physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

2009

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Physics of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (Thesis: “Search for a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a W Boson at ATLAS”)

2006 - 2009

Research Scientist at the Chair for Experimental Particle Physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

2006 - 2009

Associate member of the "International Max Planck Research School for Elementary Particle Physics" (IMPRS)

2006 - 2009

Post-graduate course "Particle Physics at the Energy Frontier of New Phenomena"

2006 - 2009

Ph.D. student at the Chair for Experimental Particle Physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany and at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland

2005 - 2006

Thesis on Experimental Particle Physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany and at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland

2001 - 2006

Degree in Physics (Dipl.-Phys.) with additional specialization in Computer Science, Astrophysics and Detectors for Particle Radiation at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany