Dipl.-Phys. Dr. rer. nat.
Heiko Dumlich
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Dipl.-Phys. Dr. rer. nat.
Heiko Dumlich
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Heiko Dumlich has special experience in drafting, prosecuting, defending and enforcing German, European and international intellectual property rights in technological fields.
Heiko Dumlich speaks German and English.
Technical focus
- Artificial Heart Valves
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
- Computer-implemented inventions (CII)
- Graphical user interfaces (GUI)
- Internet of things (IoT)
- Lighting systems
- Materials research
- Nanostructures
- Recommender Systems
- Smart Home
CV
Studies of physics at the Free University of Berlin focusing in solid state physics and nano physics; Dipl. Phys. (Master of Science in Physics) in 2010. Abroad studies at the University of Zurich, the ETH Zurich, and the University of Cambridge. Elected studies in basics of economics at the Free University of Berlin with focus in theoretical economics.
Research work at the Free University of Berlin in the field of simulation of the growth and properties of carbon nanotubes. Research stay at the University of Cambridge. Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) awarded from the Free University of Berlin in 2013.
Legal training at Eisenführ Speiser, at the University of Hagen, at the 2nd Civil senate of the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the Federal Patent Court; State Examination passed in 2016. Patent Attorney (Germany) and European Patent Attorney at Eisenführ Speiser since 2017.
Heiko Dumlich is member of the standing committee IP Office Practice & Procedures of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Memberships
- Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- German Physical Society (DPG)
Publications & Presentations
AIPPI Study Question 2020
Inventorship of inventions made using Artificial Intelligence Further authors: Florian Beck, Anselm Brandi-Dohrn, Stephan Freischem, Wieland Groth, Dietmar Haug, Sonja Mross, Harald Numrich, Melanie Pfeuffer, Stefan Schohe, Matthias Sonntag, Tillman Taruttis, Michael Wallinger, Markus Rieck
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2019
published by Eisenführ Speiser
AIPPI Study Question 2019
Plausibility Further authors: Ina Bürck, Johannes Gierlich, Robin Keulertz, Simon Klopschinski, Philipp Marchand, Michael Schneider, Stefan Schohe, Michael Wallinger, Thomas Wolter
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2018
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Conflicting patent applications
AIPPI Study Question 2018, Further contributors: Dr. Karsten Königer, Dr. Michael Wallinger, Dr. Svenja Steinbrink, Dr. Bernhard Bittner, Oswin Ridderbusch, Dr. Nora Wessendorf, Dr. Johannes Gierlich, Dietmar Haug, Markus Rieck, Natalie Ackermann-Blome, Dr. Andrea Schüssler
AIPPI Study Question 2017 – Patentability of computer implemented inventions
GRUR Int. 2017, 713
Weitere Autoren: Jan Freialdenhoven, Jérôme Kommer, Matthias Rößler, Michael Fleuchaus, Rainer Kuhnen, Robin Keulertz, Stefan Schohe, Stephan Freischem
AIPPI Study Question 2017 – Protection of graphical user interfaces
GRUR Int. 2017, 724
Weitere Autoren: Christof Karl, Jan Freialdenhoven, Paetrick Sakowski, Sabine Kossak
AIPPI Study Question 2017 – Bad faith trademarks
GRUR Int. 2017, 732
Weitere Autoren: Detlef von Ahsen, Dietmar Haug, Janina Voogd, Nils Weber, Ralf Hackbarth, Stephan Biagosch