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Citation: OJ EPO 1994, 971
Online publication date: 31.12.1994
REPRESENTATION

List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office1

BE — Belgien / Belgium / Belgique

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Schüller, Cornelis (NL)

Eridania Béghin-Say

Vilvoorde Research and

Development Centre

Havenstraat 84

B-1800 Vilvoorde

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Suslic, Lydia (BE) - R. 102(1)

Procter & Gamble

European Technical Center

100, Temselaan

B-1820 Strombeek-Bever

CH — Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Werner, André (CH)

Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG

Siewerdtstrasse 95

CH-8050 Zürich

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Althoff, Gerhard (DE)

Althoff Patentanwaltsbüro

Lättenstrasse 6A

Postfach

CH-8185 Winkel/Bülach

Fraipont, Oskar (BE)

Landis & Gyr

Technology Innovation AG

Corporate Intellectual

Property Rights

CH-6301 Zug

Nünlist, Hans (CH)

Landis & Gyr

Technology Innovation AG

Corporate Intellectual

Property Rights

CH-6301 Zug

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Dötzer, Johannes (CH) - cf. LI

Waltersgrabenweg 25

CH-4125 Riehen

Eichhorst, Bernd (DE) - R. 102(1)

Bettingerstrasse 255

CH-4125 Riehen

Hunziker, Kurt (CH) - R. 102(1)

Oerlikon-Contraves AG

Patentabteilung

Birchstrasse 155

Postfach

CH-8050 Zürich

Wann, Ingrid (DE) - R. 102(2)a)

Schmauder & Wann

Patentanwaltsbüro

Zwängiweg 7

CH-8038 Zürich

DE — Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Ahrens, Thomas (DE)

Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH

Patentabteilung

Göttinger Chaussee 76

D-30453 Hannover

Behrmann, Niels (DE)

Kreuzstraße 3 a

D-80331 München

Beyer, Andreas (DE)

Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Schweigerstraße 2

D-81541 München

Biehl, Christian (DE)

Boehmert & Boehmert,

Nordemann und Partner

Wrangelstraße 10

D-24937 Flensburg

Bird, Ariane (BE)

Alfred Neumann Anger 8

D-81737 München

Böckelen, Rainer (DE)

Patentanwälte

Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner

Bavariaring 4

D-80336 München

Fincke, Till (DE)

Kopernikusstraße 9

D-81679 München

Frank, Veit Peter (DE)

Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Arabellastraße 4/VIII

D-81925 München

Grill, Matthias (DE)

Patentanwälte

Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner

Bavariaring 4

D-80336 München

Held, Stefan (DE)

Hagemann & Kehl

Patentanwälte

Postfach 86 03 29

D-81630 München

Kindermann, Peter (DE)

Patentanwälte

Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner

Bavariaring 4

D-80336 München

Knauer, Reinhard (DE)

Patentanwälte

Grünecker, Kinkeldey

Stockmair & Partner

Maximilianstraße 58

D-80538 München

Konnerth, Dieter Hans (DE)

Mozartstraße 17

D-80336 München

Lenz, Nanno Matthias (DE)

Keil & Schaafhausen

Patentanwälte

Eysseneckstraße 31

D-60332 Krankfurt am Main

Lindner, Manfred Klaus (DE)

Patentanwalt

Manfred K. Lindner

Mitterfeld 4 a

D-82327 Tutzing

Lippich, Wolfgang (DE)

Patentanwalt Dr. W. Lippich

Kyreinstraße 1

D-81371 München

Oser, Andreas (DE)

Patentanwälte

Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner

Bavariaring 4

D-80336 München

Pfeiffer, Axel (DE)

Beetz & Partner

Patentanwälte

Steinsdorfstraße 10

D-80538 München

Polz, Leo (DE)

Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Postfach 81 04 20

D-81904 München

Preissner, Nicolaus (DE)

Seibert + Michelis

Rechts- und Patentanwälte

Tattenbachstraße 9

D-80538 München

Quermann, Andreas (DE)

Franziskanerstraße 15

D-81669 München

Rach, Werner (DE)

IBM Deutschland

Informationssysteme GmbH

Patentwesen und Urheberrecht

D-70548 Stuttgart

Rapp, Bertram (DE)

Dipl.-Ing. Rolf Charrier

Dr. Bertram Rapp

Patentanwälte

Rehlingenstraße 8

D-86153 Augsburg

Rimböck, Karl-Heinz (DE)

Wacker-Chemie GmbH

Zentralabteilung Patente

Marken und Lizenzen

Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4

D-81737 München

Roth, Wolfgang (DE)

Wachtelberg 9 d

D-07407 Rudolstadt-Schaala

Schmidt, Christian (DE)

Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Arabellastraße 4/VIII

D-81925 München

Schweiger, Georg (DE)

Reitstötter, Kinzebach & Partner

Postfach 86 06 49

D-81633 München

Stellbrink, Axel (DE)

Vossius & Partner

Siebertstraße 4

D-81675 München

Tergau, Dietrich (DE)

Tergau & Pohl Patentanwälte

Mögeldorfer Hauptstraße 51

D-90482 Nürnberg

Tetzner, Michael (DE)

Anwaltskanzlei Dr. Tetzner

Van-Gogh-Straße 3

D-81479 München

Thielmann, Andreas (DE)

Cohausz & Florack

Patentanwälte

Postfach 33 02 29

D-40435 Düsseldorf

Wanischeck-Bergmann, Axel (DE)

Pitscherweg 2 a

D-83700 Rottach-Egern

Werner, Frank (DE)

BASF Aktiengesellschaft

Patentabteilung ZDX/P-C6

D-67056 Ludwigshafen

Wess, Wolfgang (DE)

Patentanwälte Schwabe & Partner

Stuntzstraße 16

D-61677 München

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Barske, Heiko (DE)

Radeckestraße 43

D-81245 München

Epping, Wilhelm (DE)

Untertaxetweg 146

D-82131 Gauting

Feldmann, Bernhard (DE)

Deere & Company

European Office

Patent Department

D-68140 Mannheim

Gahlert, Stefan (DE)

Witte, Weller, Gahlert & Otten

Patentanwälte

Rotebühlstraße 121

D-70178 Stuttgart

Göken, Klaus G. (DE)

Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner

Martinistraße 24

D-28195 Bremen

Grape, Knut (DE)

Pienzenauerstraße 2

D-81579 München

Hausamann, Christine (DE)

Ludwig-Thoma-Straße 4 a

D-82205 Gilching

Hentschel, Ulrich (DE)

Dietlindenstraße 13

D-80802 München

Hoefer, Theodor (DE)

Hoefer - Schmitz - Weber

Patentanwälte

Ludwig-Ganghofer-Straße 20

D-82031 Grünwald bei München

Jost, Ottokarl (DE)

Vogelsangstraße 21

D-71093 Weil im Schönbuch

Lange, Heinke (DE)

Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 28

D-07607 Eisenberg

Müller, Bettina (DE)

Kopernikusstraße 21 a

D-38126 Braunschweig

Otten, Hajo (DE)

Witte, Weller, Gahlert & Otten

Patentanwälte

Rotebühlstraße 121

D-70178 Stuttgart

Pain, Dieter (DE)

Sonneberger Straße 1

D-07318 Saalfeld

Richter, Uwe (DE)

Dr. Frenzel & Partner

Rechtsanwälte

König-Heinrich-Straße 29

D-06217 Merseburg

Schneider, Stefan (AT)

Immentalstraße 48

D-79104 Freiburg

Sperber, Rolf Dietrich (DE)

Rheinbraun AG

Postfach 41 08 40

D-50868 Köln

Strobel, Wolfgang (DE)

Wallinger, Kroher & Partner

Rechtsanwälte - Patentanwälte

Bavariaring 20

D-80336 München

Thiermann, Jürgen (DE)

Rechtsanwälte

Wolff & Partner

Postfach 53 01 63

D-01291 Dresden

Thul, Hermann (DE)

Rheinmetall Berlin AG

Kennedydamm 17

D-40476 Düsseldorf

Voth, Gerhard (DE)

Filterwerk

Mann + Hummel GmbH

D-71631 Ludwigsburg

Wallinger, Michael (DE)

Wallinger, Kroher & Partner

Rechtsanwälte - Patentanwälte

Bavariaring 20

D-80336 München

Weller, Wolfgang (DE)

Witte, Weller, Gahlert & Otten

Patentanwälte

Rotebühlstraße 121

D-70178 Stuttgart

Wiese, Gerhard (DE)

Kraillinger Straße 5

D-82131 Stockdorf

Witte, Alexander (DE)

Witte, Weller, Gahlert & Otten

Patentanwälte

Rotebühlstraße 121

D-70178 Stuttgart

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Horn, Wolfgang (DE) - R. 102(1)

Paul-Gerhardt-Stiftung

Postfach 75

D-06872 Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Mittwoch, Volker (DE) - R. 102(1)

Wieckestraße 9

D-01237 Dresden

Sturies, Herbert (DE) - R. 102(2)a)

Brahmsstraße 29

D-42289 Wuppertal

FR — Frankreich / France

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Chanet, Jacques (FR)

56, avenue de Royat

B.P. No 27

F-63401 Chamalières Cédex

Jouvray, Marie-Andrée (FR)

Schneider Electric S.A.

Service Propriété Industrielle

F-38050 Grenoble Cédex 9

Koch, Philippe Marie (FR)

3, route de Croissy

F-78110 Le Vésinet

Saint Martin, René (FR)

Schneider Electric S.A.

33bis, avenue du Maréchal Joffre

B.P. 204

F-92002 Nanterre Cédex

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Ancel, Roger (FR) - R. 102(1)

Régie Nationale des Usines Renault

8-10, Avenue Emile Zola

F-92109 Boulogne-Billancourt

Doussay, Jean (FR) - R. 102(2)a)

199, rue de Lourmel

F-75015 Paris

GB — Vereinigtes Königreich / United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Adams, Sandra Gail (GB)

Eric Potter Clarkson

St. Mary's Court

St. Mary's Gate

GB-Nottingham NG1 1LE

Cleeve, James Harold Findlay (GB)

J.A. Kemp & Co.

14 South Square

Gray's Inn

GB-London WC1R 5LX

Evans, Huw David Duncan (GB)

Urquhart-Dykes & Lord

Three Trinity Court

21-27 Newport Road

GB-Cardiff CF2 1AA

Lee, Nicholas John (GB)

Haseltine Lake & Co.

Hazlitt House

28 Southampton Buildings

Chancery Lane

GB-London WC2A 1AT

Szary, Anne Catherine (GB)

London Patent Operation

General Electric

Technical Services Co. Inc.

Essex House, 12-13 Essex Street

GB-London Wc2R 3AA

Thomas, Philip John Duval (GB)

Eric Potter Clarkson

St. Mary's Court

St. Mary's Gate

GB-Nottingham NG1 1LE

Webb, Andrew John (GB)

J.A. Kemp & Co.

14 South Square

Gray's Inn

GB-London WC1R 5LX

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Bristow, Stephen Robert (GB)

Warwick International Group Limited

Mostyn

GB-Holywell, Clwyd CH8 9HE

Caffin, Lee (GB)

Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Limited

Rainham Road South

GB-Dagenham, Essex RM10 7XS

Hasler, Christopher (GB)

54 Park Road

GB-Oxted, Surrey RH8 0AW

Hay, Martin Alexander (GB)

Lilly Research Centre Limited

Erl Wood Manor

GB-Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PH

Lambert, Hugh Richmond (GB)

Copelands

24 Copperkins Lane

GB-Amersham, Bucks. HP6 5QF

Lupton, Frederick (GB)

THORN EMI Patents Limited

Central Research Laboratories

Dawley Road

GB-Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1HH

Wright, Simon Mark (GB)

J.A. Kemp & Co.

14 South Square

Gray's Inn

GB-London WC1R 5LX

GR — Griechenland/ Greece / Grèce

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Vosemberg-Vretos, Ileana (GR)

Aegialias 30

Paradisos Amarousiou

GR-151 25 Athens

Vosemberg-Vretos, Nicholas (GR)

Aegialias 30

Paradisos Amarousiou

GR-151 25 Athens

Vosemberg-Vretos, Theodore (GR)

Aegialias 30

Paradisos Amarousiou

GR-151 25 Athens

IT — Italien / Italy / Italie

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Gristina, Giorgio (IT)

Via delle Quattro Fontane, 29

I-00184 Roma

LI — Liechtenstein

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Dötzer, Johannes (CH)

Advokaturbüro Dr. Markus Wanger

Landstrasse 36

FL-9490 Vaduz

LU — Luxemburg / Luxembourg

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Neyen, René (LU)

50, rue des Genets

L-8131 Bridel

NL — Niederlande / Netherlands / Pays-Bas

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Lobatto, Jacob Louis (NL)

Octrooi- en Merkenbureau Lobatto

Postbus 1017

V. Polanenpark 368

NL-2241 SB Wassenaar

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

de Putter, Warner Jan (NL) - R. 102(1)

De Putter Consultans B.V.

P.O. Box 117

NL-7770 AC Dedemsvaart

Hijmans, Dirk (NL) - R. 102(2)a)

Huis te Landelaan 19

NL-2283 SE Rijswijk

Hijmans, Berndt (NL) - R. 102(2)a)

Nederlandsch Octrooibureau

Scheveningseweg 82

P.O. Box 29720

NL-2502 LS Den Haag

Rots, Maria Johanna Francisca (NL) - R.102(1)

Unilever N.V.

Patent Division

P.O. Box 137

NL-3130 AC Vlaardingen

Schüller, Cornelis (NL) - cf. BE

Gist-brocades N.V.

Corporate Staff Department

Patents, Trademarks, Regul. Affairs

P.O. Box 1

NL-2600 MA Delft

Serlui-Koerts, Dorathea H. (NL) - cf. SE

Nederlandsch Octrooibureau

Johan de Wittlaan 15

P.O. Box 29720

NL-2502 LS 's-Gravenhage

SE — Schweden / Sweden / Suède

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Serlui-Koerts, Dorathea H. (NL)

Näsby Allé 53a

S-183 30 Täby

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Berggren, Björn (SE)

Langrevsgatan 1

S-723 49 Västeras

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Mjörne, Olof (SE) - R. 102(1)

Ladugardsgatan 7

S-724 66 Västeras

 

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

Address:

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Erhardtstrasse 27

D-80331 Munich

Tel. (+49-89)2017080

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