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Citation: OJ EPO 2001, 123
Online publication date: 26.2.2001
REPRESENTATION

List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office1

CH — Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Simmons, John Murray (GB)

Novartis Pharma AG

Patent & Trademark Department CH

Lichtstrasse 35

CH-4002 Basel

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Alder, Ulrich (CH)

Patentanwalt & Mediator

Hofackerstrasse 32

CH-8032 Zürich

Dancaux, Xenia-Tamara (DE)

Holeestrasse 149

CH-4054 Basel

Riederer, Conrad A. (CH)

Riederer Hasler & Partner

Patentanwälte AG

Elestastrasse 8

Postfach

CH-7310 Bad Ragaz

Rutz, Peter (CH)

Rutz & Partner

Patente und Marken

Rebbergstrasse 3a

CH-8915 Hausen am Albis

Schreiber, Wolfgang (AT)

Riederer Hasler & Partner

Patentanwälte AG

Elestastrasse 8

Postfach

CH-7310 Bad Ragaz

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Jansen, Götz (DE) - cf. DE

Imfeldstrasse 47

CH-8037 Zürich

Ryffel, Rolf (CH) - R. 102(1)

Hepp, Wenger & Ryffel AG

Friedtalweg 5

CH-9500 Wil

DE — Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Aleandri-Hachgenei, Lorraine E. (US)

3M Deutschland GmbH

Office of Intellectual

Property Counsel (OIPC)

Carl-Schurz-Straße 1

D-41453 Neuss

Heistracher, Elisabeth (DE)

BASF Aktiengesellschaft

Patente, Marken und Lizenzen

D-67056 Ludwigshafen

Jansen, Götz (DE)

Kettengasse 13

D-69117 Heidelberg

Knapp, Thomas (DE)

Dreiss, Fuhlendorf,

Steimle & Becker

Gerokstraße 6

D-70188 Stuttgart

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Berg, Dirk (DE)

Veba Oil Refining & Petrochemicals

Gewerbliche Schutzrechte

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Straße

D-45896 Gelsenkirchen

Brisch, Georg (DE)

Gleiss & Große

Patentanwälte

Maybachstraße 6 A

D-70469 Stuttgart

Brose, Gerhard (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Giebel-Roder, Marion (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Knecht, Ulrich Karl (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Kugler, Hermann (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Menzietti, Domenico (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Müller, Joachim (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Quermann, Helmut (DE)

Quermann & Richardt

Patentanwälte

Unter den Eichen 7

D-65195 Wiesbaden

Rausch, Gabriele (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Richardt, Markus Albert (DE)

Quermann & Richardt

Patentanwälte

Unter den Eichen 7

D-65195 Wiesbaden

Schätzle, Albin (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Schlimme, Wolfram (DE)

Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Schlimme

Rosenheimer Landstraße 115

D-85521 Ottobrunn

Schmidt, Werner Karl (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Stilkenböhmer, Uwe Michael (DE)

Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner

Martinistraße 24

D-28195 Bremen

Urlichs, Stefan (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

van Bommel, Jan Peter (NL)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Villinger, Bernhard (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Wasiljeff, Johannes M.B. (DE)

Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner

Martinistraße 24

D-28195 Bremen

Zinsinger, Norbert (DE)

Alcatel

Intellectual Property Department,

Stuttgart

D-70430 Stuttgart

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Adacker, Jürgen (DE) - R. 102(1)

DST Dräxlmaier Systemtechnik GmbH

Patentwesen

Landshuter Straße 100

D-84137 Vilsbiburg

Große, Dietrich (DE) - R. 102(1)

Patentanwälte

Hemmerich-Müller-Große-

Pollmeier-Valentin-Gihske

Hammerstraße 2

D-57072 Siegen

Neubauer, Hans-Joachim (DE) - R. 102(1)

Im Lindegewann 15

D-65191 Wiesbaden

Trappenberg, Hans (DE) - R. 102(1)

Trappenberg und Dimmerling

Postfach 21 13 75

D-76163 Karlsruhe

DK — Dänemark / Denmark / Danemark

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Lindgaard, Harry (DK)

Bueparken 96

DK-2750 Ballerup

Ryberg, Lise Abildgaard (DK)

Maxygen ApS

Agern Allé 1

DK-2970 Horsholm

Salka, Jeffrey (US)

Maxygen ApS

Agern Allé 1

DK-2970 Hoersholm

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Andersen, Hans Holger (DK) - R. 102(1)

Rönnebaervej 45

DK-2840 Holte

FR — Frankreich / France

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Chajmowicz, Marion (FR)

Cabinet Lavoix

2, place d'Estienne d'Orves

F-75441 Paris Cedex 09

Domenego, Bertrand (FR)

Cabinet Lavoix

2, place d'Estienne d'Orves

F-75441 Paris Cedex 09

Laurent, Claire (FR)

Aventis Pharma S.A.

LE1/144

20 avenue Raymond Aron

F-92165 Antony

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Doussaint, Jean-Marie (FR) - R. 102(1)

Route de la Gondonnière

Trignac

F-17120 Semussac

Tubiana, Max (FR) - R. 102(1)

10, Avenue du Bois de Cythère

F-06000 Nice

GB — Vereinigtes Königreich / United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Booth, Andrew Steven (GB)

Mathys & Squire

100 Gray's Inn Road

GB-London WC1X 8AL

Church, Simon John (GB)

Lewis & Taylor

144 New Walk

GB-Leicester LE1 7JA

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Audhlam-Gardiner, Louise Claire (GB)

Lysaght & Co.

P.O. Box 49

39 La Motte Street

St Helier

GB-Jersey, Channel Islands

Cowan, David Robert (GB)

Withers & Rogers

Goldings House

2 Hays Lane

GB-London SE1 2HW

Ellis, Kate (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Hall, Robert Leonard (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Hutchinson, Glenn Stanley (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Lunt, Mark George Francis (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Milhench, Mark Lorne (GB)

R.G.C. Jenkins & Co

26 Caxton Street

GB-London SW1H 0RJ

Openshaw, Paul Malcolm (GB)

4 Bridgefield

GB-Farnham, Surrey GU9 8AN

Potter, Vanessa Juliet (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Sanderson, Nigel Paul (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Tinsley, Rachel Maria (GB)

Martin A. Hay & Co.

13 Queen Victoria Street

GB-Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6LP

Tunstall, Christopher Stephen (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Fountain Precinct

Leopold Street

GB-Sheffield S1 2QD

Waldren, Robin Michael (GB)

Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co.

Commonwealth House

1-19 New Oxford Street

GB-London WC1A 1LW

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Pike, Harold John (GB) - R. 102(2)a)

6 Tooke Close

Hatch End

GB-Pinner, Middlesex HA5 4TJ

Watkins, Arnold Jack (GB) - R. 102(1)

Frank B. Dehn & Co.

179 Queen Victoria Street

GB-London EC4V 4EL

IT — Italien / Italy / Italie

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Longoni, Alessandra (IT)

Pharmacia & Upjohn S.p.A.

Viale Pasteur 10

I-20014 Nerviano (Milano)

Maccalli, Marco (IT)

Maccalli & Pezzoli S.r.l.

Via Settembrini 40

I-20124 Milano

Pezzoli, Ennio (IT)

Maccalli & Pezzoli S.r.l.

Via Settembrini 40

I-20124 Milano

 

NL — Niederlande / Netherlands / Pays-Bas

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Spierenburg, Jan (NL)

Hazenboslaan 7

NL-2341 SE Oegstgeest

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Cuppens, Hubertus Martinus Maria (NL) - R. 102(1)

Internationaal Octrooibureau B.V.

Prof. Holstlaan 6

NL-5656 AA Eindhoven

SE — Schweden / Sweden / Suède

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Alfredson, Stig (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Berg, Sven Anders (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Bergstrand, Mikael Gudmundsson (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Ekelöf, Carl Herman (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Fagerlin, Heléne (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Forssell, Gunilla Angelica (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Grennberg, Erik Bertil (SE)

Hjalmar Brantingsgatan 17

S-75327 Uppsala

Gripberger, Göran (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Hagen, Sigurd Normann (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Hammar, Ernst A (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Hellbom, Lars Olof (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Hellborg, Karl Torild (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Hyltner, Jan-Olof (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Kierkegaard, Lars-Olov (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Lagman, Sven V (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Larsson, Karin (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Lettström, Richard Wilhelm (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Olivecrona, Birgitta (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Platt, Timothy Nathaniel (US)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Stein, Jan Anders Lennart (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Winblad, Hans Peter (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Rost, Björn (SE)

Albihns Stockholm AB

P.O. Box 5581

S-114 85 Stockholm

 

 

1 * All persons on the list of professional representatives are members of the Institute (epi).

Address:

epi Secretariat

Im Tal 29

D-80331 Munich

Tel.: (+49-89)2017080

FAX: (+49-89)2021548

e-mail: info@patentepi.com

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