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Citation: OJ EPO 2024, A92
Online publication date: 31.10.2024
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
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European qualifying examination - Examination Board for the European qualifying examination

Examination results

In accordance with Article 14(1) of the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (REE), the following candidates were successful in the European qualifying examination which took place from 5 to 14 March 2024:

ADRIA, Alina Luisa

AGARWAL EAMES, Shweta

AHNER, Johannes

ALBERTINI, François-Marie

ALBLAS, Cornelis

ALDRIDGE, Matthew Philip

ALFAWAKHIRY, Mohamad Omar

ALLEN, Fay Marie

ALTUNAY, Ezgi

ANDERSON, Leanne Jennifer

ANQUETIN, Roxanne Anaïs

ANTENSTEINER, Herbert

ANTONACI, Giorgio

ARACZKI, Csaba

ASHCROFT, Christopher Mark

AUBER, David

AUSSERER, Thomas

AUTOLITANO, Alessia

AXELSSON, Viktor Jan Gustaf

BAGYAN, Irina

BAIOTTO, Federico

BANABERA, Arnaud Michel Jean-Marie

BANKS, Peter

BARÇON, Emilie Monique

BARENDSE, Marc Jerôme

BATUT, Madeleine Marie Véronique

BECKER, Alexandra Serena

BELLIER ÉPOUSE ROUPPERT, Cécile Bérénice Marie

BERETTA, Ruggero Giacomo

BETZIN, Julia

BEVAN-SMITH, Emily Jane

BHAT, Rahila

BIRCH, Mason L J

BJÖRK, Ewa

BLACKBURN, Thomas Alexander

BLÖCHINGER, Anna Karolina

BOCCAGNI, Luca

BÖHME, René

BONDO, Tine

BOOTH, Matthew David

BOXBERGER, Julia

BRAGADO HERRERO DE EGAÑA, Agda María

BROWN, Laura Grace

BUCHKREMER, Mathieu Yves M

BUCKINGHAM, Olivia Jane

BÜHLER, Andreas Bernhard

BURGESS, Jolyon Simon

CALANDE, Olivier Emmanuel

CAMERON, John William

CARON, Claire Edith Gisèle

CARTER, Edward Alexander

CASTILLO MOLINO, Dante Alberto

CAU, Raimondo

CENENS, William

CHENG, Min-Cheng

CHIARELLA, Eunjin

CLARK, Lisa Jane

COOPER, Daniel Paul

COOPER, Mark

COX, Lina Elizabeth

CREUTZ, Andreas

CROISE, Thomas Daniel Pierre Roger

CUMBA CHAMORRO, Brandoom Dennis

DA SILVA MOURA, Miguel Augusto

DÄBRITZ, Frank Christoph

DALSHEIMER, Fabien Arnaud Thomas

DAVIES, Henry William Heath

DAVIES, Timothy John

DAWSON, Amy Elizabeth Margaret

DE SUTTER, Lysander

DEARING CRAMPTON-FLOOD, Emily Katherine Louise Honora

DELOMIER, Basile Joseph Léonard

DEMMEL, Stefan

DENKERT, Niels

DI CLAUDIO, Gianluca

DINKEL, Rebecca Martina

DIXON, Matthew James

DOHMEN, Winfried

DOWNEY, Elisabeth Ffion

DOYLE, Andrew Charles

DREWE, Alexandra Rose

DRIAU MOLL, Christian Gabriel

DUFFY, Joseph Thomas

DUFTER, Florian Xaver

EDWARDS, Catriona Helen

EHRLER, Jonathan Matthias

EISENSTEGER, Thomas

ELIAS BAQUERO, Jorge

ERDMANN, Moritz

EVERHORN, Anders Tobias Sebastian

FAHR, Wieland

FATIC, Elmin

FISCHER, Daniel Joseph

FLEISCHMANN, Doris Darya

FORSLUND, Cecilia Madeleine

FOSODEDER, Verena

FOWLER, William Robert

FRANZ, Dominik Robert

FREEMAN, Ruby Isabel Critchley

FREY, Esther

FRITH, Rebecca Esme

FRITSCH, Sebastian Martin Andreas

FURLAN, Gianmarco

GALBRAITH, Alexander Douglas

GALDAGON, Atheer Fakhreldin Ali

GALLIANI, Marianna

GÁLNÉ SZOMBATH, Katalin Blanka

GARCIA BARQUERO, Ines

GEIER, Sebastian

GÉRARD, Claude Henri M

GIOPATO, Paolo

GJUZI, Eva

GMEINWIESER, Nikolaus

GOLSER, Adrian

GOOIJER, Joost

GOSSLAR, Daniel-Hendrik Ebbe Kristen

GOURLEY, Regan Drew

GRAY, Benjamin William

GREATHEAD, John Christopher Rivers

GREGÓRIO PINTO, Alexandre Miguel

GREIF, Ludwig Albrecht Thorsten

GROKENBERGER, Lucie

GROSSE, Sebastian

GUAGNINI, Francesca

GUÉROULT, Nicolas Paul Patrice

GUICHARD, Henri Pierre Luc

GUPTA, Mansi

HAGGERTY, Samuel Peter

HALL, Christopher James Joseph

HANSELE, Andreas Florian Matthias

HAO, Haidong

HARBOTTLE, John William Patrick

HART, Samuel James

HARVEY, Sarah Elizabeth

HAUGHEY, Maxwell Brian

HÄYRYNEN, Teppo Ilari

HEIDMANN, Berit

HELMBRECHT, Sebastian Ludwig

HERBRETEAU, Marine Julie Alexandra

HERRONEN, Erika Eleonora

HEUER, Simon

HIDALGO DUQUE, David

HIDE, Rosalie

HILTON, Daniel David

HIRSCHLE, Patrick

HITCHEN, James Ewart

HOFFMANN, Jakob Frederik

HOFFMANN, Matthias

HOLLMANN, Carsten Friedrich

HOLZHÄUSER, Fabian Joschka Philip Yannick

HOLZSCHNEIDER, Kristina

HOOPER, Madeleine Ruth

HORNIG, Julia

HSU, Wen-Yi

HUBER, Adrian Emmanuel Georg

HUBERTS, Daphne Helena Elisabeth Wilhelmina

HUFF, Maximilian Konstantin

HUNT, Stephen Edward

HUNTER, Phoebe

HUTCHINSON, Sean David

INCHLEY, Lewis Matthew

INTISO, Samuel

IPEK, Hazal

IŞIKLI, İrfan Can

JACOB, Friedrich Felix Norbert

JAMIESON, Luke Highet Bertram

JAMNISEK, Alexander

JANNOT, Clémence

JÄSCHKE, Natalie

JOCHIM, Bernhard Kurt

JOUART, Timothée Yann Pierre

JÜDE, Simon Karl

KAHAN, Michael Meir

KAHRAMAN, Dogukan

KAJOPOULOS, Jasmin Isabella

KAMLUND, Sofia Linnéa

KANANEN, Asko Tapio

KANG, Tae Min

KARIUS, Nico

KARMANI, Ismaeel Ibn-Ilyas

KAROLAK, Ewelina Marta

KAYA, Esen

KENDRICK, James Andrew

KENNELLY, Thomas Michael

KERENEUR, Thomas Yves Marie

KERN, Christian Frederik

KERRY, Stephanie Jan

KESSELL, Peter James

KHARRAT, Ibrahim Khalil

KIELCZYK, Antje

KIRS, Ashleigh Jane

KITTILÄ, Tiia-Riikka

KJÆR, Kasper Torbensen

KLAUß, Tobias

KLESEN, Simon Christoph

KLINGLER, Stefan Horst

KNOBLAUCH, Johannes Bernhard Claudius

KNOBLAUCH, Moritz Georg

KNÖPKE, Rolf

KOÇAK, Şebnem Ecem

KOCHAN, Dawid Zygmunt

KOLL, Stefan Thomas Felix

KOMLOSI, Marcell Gabor

KÖNIG, Torben Peter

KÖNIGSHOFEN, Samuel

KOO, Bon Min Guillaume

KÖSE, Sergen Berkay

KOTTWITZ, Thomas

KRANAWETTER, Klemens

KURDUBSKI, Daniel

LAI ERN PINN, Peter

LANDBERG CLEMENTSON, Jenny Marie

LANGE, Miriam Magdalena

LAUDE, Fabian Marc Ruben

LAULAINEN, Janne Petteri

LAWRENCE, Rosie Hannah Grace

LAWRENCE, Thomas Paul

LECHNER, Rolf Benedikt

LEGGAT, Jake Tyler

LEHTONEN, Ville Olavi

LENZ, Jonas

LEONE, Federica

LEONE, Salvatore Antonio

LEVEILLE, Romain Michel Yves

LI, Leyi

LI, Yanjie

LIENAU, Bernd

LINDLEY-START, Jack Joshua

LIPP, Benjamin Eugen

LORTAL, Laurie

LOSCH, Lukas Fabian

LUEG-ALTHOFF, Kyra

LUTZ, Myriam Catharina

LYNCH, Charlotte Louise

MACKIE, Heather Louise

MACKWITZ, Marcel Karl Walter

MÄHRINGER, Andre Richard

MAINI, Siya

MAINO, Giulia

MAISCH, Philipp

MAKOWSKA, Anna Katarzyna

MALYSH, Vitalii

MAQUESTIAU, Elke Patricia

MARCHANT, Daniel Benjamin

MARLIÈRE, Stéphanie Katherine N

MARSHALL, Lucy Charlotte

MARTIN, Ricardo

MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ, Luis

MÄRTL, Andreas

MATEOS CANDELARIO, Fatima

MAUDUIT, Arnaud Ernest Jean

MAURIELLO JIMENEZ, Chiara

MAYER, Aline Sophie

MAYER, Marcel Philipp

MCCANNEY, George Alexander

MCGLONE, Andrew William

MEASURES, Thomas Oliver

MELLE, Philipp

MELONI, Francesca

MICHAELIS, Lars Hendrik

MIKA, Jacek Tadeusz

MILLAR, David Alan John

MILOVANOVIC, Slavisa

MIYAGAKI, Takeharu

MOLZ, Pirmin Jan

MONTEMURRO, Riccardo

MOTTA, Marcelo Senna

MROWIEC, Robert Marcin

MÜLLER, Alexander Sergejewitsch

MÜLLER, Lukas

MURPHY, Orla Breeda

MÜßIG, Lenard

MUTELET, Cédric Florian Pierre

NA, Sehee

NAMAZI, Luna

NEWGAS, Sophie Alice

NEWLOVE, Tamsin Laura

NGUYEN, Laura

NIEDERER, Johannes Martin Gabriel

NIESNER, Daniel

NIKOLOV, Vladislav

NORDEN, Alexander James

OBRECHT, Lorenz

OFFENBARTL-STIEGERT, Daniel Julius Max

OGIER, Robin Mickaël

O'LEARY, Elizabeth Claire

ORMROD, Beth Katie

OSWAL, Kanika

OVADIA, reuben

PANDA, Tara Prasad

PARICHET, Antoine

PARRY, Samuel James Richard

PARTRIDGE, Thomas Stephen

PEKKOLA, Oili Johanna

PET, Jeroen

PHILLIPS, Monifa Louise

PICARD, Mathilde Catherine

PIRKER, Ulfried Reinhard

POPOVIĆ, Višnja

POYATOS VILLA, Héctor

PTASIŃSKI, Konrad Witold

PUGH, Genevieve Claire

PUUJALKA, Emmi Matilda

RACKUR, Christian

RAIMUND, Lisa Alena

RAU, Marina

RAUS, Matthias

RAUSCHER, Benedikt

REGAZZONI, Veronica

REHBOCK, Leonie Katharina

REICHENBACH, Tanja Maria

REICHERT, Peter Conrad

REINHARD, Carsten

REISSER, Matthias

RENELT, Christoph Karl

RENNEBAUM, Sebastian

REUß, Franziska Martina

REUTHER, Chien-Yu

RIESENBECK, Maike

ROBERTSEN, Helene Lunde

RODDICK, Graeme

RODE, Johannes Christopher

ROELOFS, Matthijs Arno

ROSENTRETER, Mark Alfred Johannes

ROSSELL, Jennifer Louise

ROTTMANN, Matthias Johannes

RÜCKERT, Rebecca

RUMINY, Martin Manfred

RUUSILA, Viivi Marjaana

SAARELA, Lassi Veerti Oskari

SALA, Chris Helmut

SAVILE TURNER, Erin Rose

SCHÄFER, Christina

SCHÄFER, Lucas

SCHAGGINGER, Michael

SCHEU, Max

SCHLEY, Julia

SCHLOTTKE, Mikola Christoph

SCHMIDT, Arthur

SCHMIDT, Michael

SCHMIDT, Sebastian

SCHNEIDER, Lukas Malte

SCHNEIDER, Marius

SCHÖN, Alexander Maximilian

SCHUHMACHER, Laura-Nadine Pia

SCHUMACHER, Magdalena

SCHUSTER, Timo Jens

SCHWARZ, Matthias

SCHWINGSHACKL, Martin

SEDLMEIER, Georg Johannes

SHAKOUR, Ehab

SHARIATI POUR, Seyedeh Helia

SHAW, Karl Andrew John

SHIN, Youngjin

SIDDLE, Alexander George

SIEGEL, Stefan Jan Peter

SIGNORI, Ludovico

SIMMONS, Miranda Rachel

SIRCAR, Narayan

SMITH, Sébastien

SON, Dongjin

SOTO RUEDA, Juan Manuel

SPECKBACHER, Maximilian

SPILLER, Quirin Michael Authari

SPRUIT, Thomas

STACHER, Sonja

STADELMAYER, Matthias

STEENGAARD HOEDT, Jes

STEINEMANN, Fabian Sebastian

STENNER, Eloise Helena

STOREY, Thomas Elliott

STREGE, Annette

STROHMEIER, Susanne Brigitte

STRZELECKA, Katarzyna

SUDHOLT, Sebastian

SWANSON, Matthew Alan

SWIFT, Thomas Allen

TANNIG, Pierre

TASTAYRE, Nicolas

TAYLOR, Kathryn Helen

TENTRUP, Tristan Bernhard Horst

TERNON, Thibault René Claude

THIRION, Julie Joëlle

TOSI, Giacomo

TREPP, Carolyn Mary

TRODLER, Peter

TUNSTALL, James Edward Munro

UNAL AKSOY, Seda

UNSELD, Dominik

UNTERSEER, Sandra Bettina

ÜSTÜNYAĞIZ KLEMP, Esmeray

VAN BETTERAAY, Jerome

VAN BEZOUW, Stein Catharinus P

VAN DER POORTEN, Olivier Flora A

VANDERLEYDEN, Ine

VANKEIRSBILCK, Timon Stefaan

VELTHOEN, Marjolein Elise Zoë

VERONESI, Angelo

VIEWEG, Maximilian

VILLAUMÉ, Hélène Marie

VIRKKI, Kirsi Hellevi

VISSCHER, Klaas Willem

VIYASAR, Sinthuja

VÖLK, Peter Martin

VORMBROCK, Kirsten Stefanie

WÄGER, Stephan Helmut

WALDEN, Melissa Teresa

WALDRON, Ashleigh Kia Regina

WALKER, Robert Scott

WALTERS, Samuel Noah

WANG, Chun-Hao

WANG, Guan

WANG, Siyi

WANG, Yu

WANNEK, Michael Fritz

WATERMEYER, Nicholas Daniel

WATTERS, Darren Craig

WEHNER, Josua

WEICKERT, Sabrina

WEINTRAUB, Maria Johanna

WEIß, Tetiana

WELLER, Rachel An-Mei

WELZEL, Oliver Rainer

WESTHEAD, Harry James

WIEDERHOLD, Constanze Bettina

WIKMARK, Ylva Astrid Maria

WILL, Marius

WILLING, Stephanie Emma

WIMMER, Andreas

WINEMAN, Adina Sara

WINTER, Michael

WINTERFELD, Kim Alisa

WITTMANN, Bernhard Josef

WOLFRUM, Theresa Rita

WON, Chi Hyeon

YATES, Alexandra Lucy

YESIL, Ali

YILMAZ, Ersin

YULE, Lewis Cameron

ZAKERZADEH, Seyed Mohammad

ZANARDELLI, Davide

ZANG, Benjamin Michael

ZANI, Melanie

ZHA, Lichen

ZHANG, David

ZHANG, Nathan Kedong

ZHAO, Ying

ZHENG, Yiran

ZHU, Xiaoxi

ZILKENS, Andreas Christoph Martin

ZIMMER, Matthias

 


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