Our team at the patent law firm
Our team of patent attorneys and specialized experts combines technical know-how with legal expertise. At our offices in Stuttgart, Magdeburg and Heilbronn, we protect your innovations personally, reliably and with vision.
Magdeburg location
Günter Herzog
Graduate engineer in mechanical engineering
Patent attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Partner
Telephone
Competencies
- Patent law
- Utility model law
- Trademark law
- Design law
- Employee invention law
- Patent strategies
- License negotiations
Specialist areas
Memberships
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
Since 2003
Partner at patent attorneys Schuster, Müller & Partner
2002
Patent attorney at Patentanwälte Schuster & Partner
1992
Patent assessor at the Saxony-Anhalt Inventors' Center
1990
Social welfare office of the city of Magdeburg (establishment of the department for resettlers and asylum seekers)
1980
Patent department of the Technical University "Otto-von-Guericke" Magdeburg
1980
Postgraduate studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin; specialization: intellectual property rights; degree in intellectual property engineering
1976
Development engineer at VEB Elektrotechnik und Gerätebau Magdeburg
1971
Studied at the Technical University "Otto von Guericke" Magdeburg (today "Otto von Guericke" University); specialization: Technology of the metalworking industry; materials engineering/ materials testing
Location Stuttgart, Heilbronn
Dr. Thomas Müller, LL.M.
Graduate agricultural engineer
State-certified specialist for distilling
Burner
Patent attorney
European Patent Attorney
Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Master of Laws
Partner
Telephone
Competencies
- Patent law
- Utility model law
- Trademark law and geographical indications
- Design law
- Topography
- Plant variety protection
- Employee invention law
- Patent strategies
- License negotiations
Specialist areas
Memberships
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Board member and treasurer of the Southwest District Group of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA)
- European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT)
- Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
- German Phytomedical Society e. V. (DPG)
- German Agricultural Society (DLG)
Teaching assignment
- Lecturer in the Master's program in Innovation Management at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in the field of intellectual property rights
Since 2023
Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Since 2017
Holder of the Golden Badge of Honor of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Until 2014
Master's program: European Intellectual Property Law at the Kurt Haertel Institute for Intellectual Property, FernUniversität Hagen
Until 2014
Master's thesis at the Kurt Haertel Institute for Intellectual Property, FernUniversität Hagen - "The use of streaming services in German and US copyright law"
Since 2008
Member of the Board and Treasurer of the South-West District Group of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
Since 2007
Lecturer at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in the field of intellectual property law
Since 2003
Partner at patent attorneys Schuster, Müller & Partner
Since 2003
Establishment and management of the patent law firm Patentanwalt Müller, Ostfildern
Until 2002
Patent attorney training
Until 1999
Research assistant at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Dijon, France
Until 1997
Dissertation at the State Teaching and Research Institute for Agriculture, Viticulture and Horticulture - "Volatilization of plant protection products from unvegetated soil and plant surfaces"
Until 1996
Postgraduate studies in phytomedicine at the University of Hohenheim
Until 1993
Studied general agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim
Location Stuttgart
Dr. Knut Wittich, M. Sc.
Doctorate in chemistry
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Telephone
Competencies
- Patent law
- Utility model law
- Trademark law and geographical indications
- Design law
- Employee invention law
- Patent strategies
- License negotiations
Specialist areas
Memberships
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA)
Publications
- F. Rüther, R. Machado, E. Gioria, S. L. Kunz, K. Wittich, P. Löser, M. Geske, S. A. Schunk, R. Glaum, F. Rosowski "Niobium-insertion into αII-VOPO4: Tuning catalytic properties for selective oxidation" ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 5, 3295.
- R. Machado, M. Dimitrakopoulou, F. Girgsdies, P. Löser, J. Xie, K. Wittich, M. Weber, M. Geske, R. Glaum, A. Karbstein, F. Rosowski, S. Titlbach, K. Skorupska, A. V. Tarasov, R. Schlögl, S. A. Schunk "Platinum Group Metal-Doped Tungsten Phosphates for Selective C-H Activation of Lower Alkanes" ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13116.
- K. Wittich, M. Krämer, N. Bottke, S. A. Schunk, "Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane: Insights from Model Systems" ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 1.
- C. Schulz, S. C. Roy, K. Wittich, R. Naumannd'Alnoncourt, S.Linke, V. E. Strempel, B. Frank, R. Glaum, F. Rosowski, "αII-(V1-xWx)OPO4 catalysts for the selective oxidation of n-butane to maleic anhydride" Catal. Today 2019, 333, 113.
- B. Raguz, K. Wittich, R. Glaum, "Two New, Metastable Polymorphs of Lithium Pyrophosphate Li4P2O7" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 11, 1688.
- W. Grunwald, K. Wittich, R. Glaum, "Anhydrous europium phosphates: A comprehensive report on syntheses, crystal structures and phase relations" Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2018, 644, 1403.
- K. Wittich, Y. Nejaty-Jahromy, D. Abdullin, O. Schiemann, A. Karpov, K. Dobner, F. Rosowski, R. Glaum, "Silver Vanadyl(IV) ortho-Pyrophosphate: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Characterization of the (V≡O)2+ Group" Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2018, 644, 424.
- M. Eichelbaum, R. Glaum, M. Hävecker, K. Wittich, C. Heine, H. Schwarz, C.-K. Dobner, C. Welker-Nieuwoudt, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, "Towards Physical Descriptors of Active and Selective Catalysts for the Oxidation of n-Butane to Maleic Anhydride" ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 2318.
Since 2026
European Patent Attorney
Since 2024
Employed patent attorney at Patentanwälte Schuster, Müller & Partner mbB in Stuttgart
Since 2024
Patent Attorney
Until 2024
Patent attorney training at Patentanwälte Schuster, Müller & Partner mbB, Stuttgart
Until 2020
Postdoctoral researcher in the field of research and development at hte GmbH in Heidelberg
Until 2019
Dissertation at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn - "New investigations on the synthesis and characterization of phosphates with ReO3-like crystal structure with a contribution to silver vanadyl(IV) phosphate Ag6(VO)2(P2O7)(PO4)2"
Until 2014
Master's degree in Chemistry at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn
Until 2012
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn
Former employees
Magdeburg location
Günter Leinung
Graduate lawyer
Graduate engineer
Until 2013:
Patent attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Location Stuttgart
Gregor Schuster († 2018)
Graduate engineer
Patent attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Location Stuttgart
Erika Schuster
Since 2013
Other employees
Our team of qualified employees reliably supports our patent attorneys in Stuttgart, Heilbronn and Magdeburg in all tasks relating to patents, trademark protection, utility models and design protection.
Location Stuttgart
Annette Gulizia
Telephone
Position
Secretariat Dr. Müller, LL.M., Mr. Herzog
Location Stuttgart