Maiwald GmbH

Ulrike Herr 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.

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney Representative before the UPC Chemist

since 2022 Partner at Maiwald 2014 - 2022 Partner at an IP law firm 2004 - 2013 Patent attorney at two IP law firms 1999 - 2004 Patent and Licensing Officer at Bayer AG and Bayer CropScience AG

German, English, French

German Patent Attorney Association epi FICPI VPP AIPPI BIO Deutschland e.V.

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