Dipl.-Phys. Andree Eckhard

Dipl.-Phys. Andree Eckhard

Patent attorney (Germany)
European Trademark Attorney and Design Attorney

Invention is a technical teaching for a technical problem which solves the problem with the help of so-called inventive step.

Biography

Born 1953 in Leimbach/Thuringia. Studied physics from 1976 to 1981 at Humboldt-Universität Berlin with a specialization in solid state physics/optielectronics.

Diploma 1981 "Degradation behavior of LEDs".

Development engineer and group leader for color image tube development (licence: Toshiba/Japan) at the plant for television electronics Berlin from 1981 to 1987 and group leader photo leader development for Xerography copying devices in the microelectronics Secura plants Berlin from 1987 to 1990.

IT additional training at Siemens-Nixdorf 1990. 1991 Patent engineer in Preussag AG, later TUI AG Hannover and training as patent assessor.

Patent Attorney at Horak Lawyers Partnership since 2015.

Language skills

 German
 English
 Russian

Priorities of practical work

• Industrial property protection, in particular registration, design, attack and defence (application procedures, conflict of laws, contract design, infringement procedures) of:
  • Patents
  • Utility models
  • Designs
  • Trademarks
  • Domain Names
  • Semiconductor topographies
  • Plant varieties/seeds
  • Know-how
  • Licences
• Competition law relating to industrial property rights
• Legal proceedings with representation as patent attorney
• Contract design

• classical and modern physics
• Solid State Physics
• Mechanical engineering
• Laser physics
• Electrical engineering
• Electronics
• High frequency technologies
• High voltage technology
• Telematics
• Mechatronics
• Information technology
• Data processing
• Machine vision technologies
• Semiconductor technology
• Consumer electronics

• Computer hardware
• IT technology
• Software
• Telecommunications
• Automation technology
• Optics
• Nuclear physics
• Molecular physics
• Mechanical engineering
• Construction machinery
• Motor vehicles
• Shipbuilding
• Aircraft construction
• Drive technology
• Control technology

• Process engineering
• Manufacturing technology
• Production technology
• Packaging technology
• Paper technology
• Product development
• Measurement technology
• Control technology
• Process technology
• Household appliances
• Small appliances
• Food technology
• Aerospace
• Safety technology
• Power plant technology

• Materials technology
• Manufacture of steel
• Steel products
• Metal technology
• Ceramic technology
• Alloys
• Nanotechnology
• Energy technology
• Renewable energy
• Physical Chemistry
• Polymers
• Catalysts
• Lithography
• Photography