About the Authors

Dr. Ulrich Storz was born in 1969 in Muenster.He graduated in Biology at the University ofMuenster in 1998, where he received his Ph.D. in2002. He is author and co-author of severalscientific publications in the field of biology andbiophysics as well as of several juridicalpublications in the field of intellectual property.He passed the German Patent Bar Examination in2005. Since 2005, he has been admitted topractice as European Trademark Attorney at theEuropean Trademark Office (OHIM). In 2006, hehas been registered in the list of representativesbefore the European Patent Office. Main practiceareas in the field of Intellectual Property Lawinclude Patent Prosecution, FTO and Patent

Infringement, as well as Patent strategies; especially in the Life Science field(i.e. Biotechnology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Microbiology). One of his majorfields of interest is Antibody IP.Ulrich Storz is active as a speaker for the congress management company ‘‘ForumInstitut für Management GmbH’’, and he organizes the annual RhinelandBiopatent Forum.

Dr. Andreas Hübel born in 1964, studied biology at the University of Hamburg.After graduation, he worked at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicineand received his Ph.D. in 1996 for a thesis in the field of molecular microbiology.He worked as postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine before joining the Center for Hygiene at Philipps-University Marburg. He is co-author of several scientific articles in the fields ofmolecular neurobiology, molecular parasitology, and glycobiology.

A. Hübel et al., Limits of Patentability, SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents,DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32841-1, � The Author(s) 2013

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Andreas Hübel began his professional career in intellectual property in 2000 andwas admitted to bar as German Patent Attorney and as European Patent Attorneyin 2005. As chartered European Trademark and Design Attorney he is alsoadmitted to represent clients before the Office of Harmonization for the InternalMarket.The main fields of his activity in intellectual property comprises drafting andprosecuting patent applications, attacking, or defending patents, and assessingvalidity of intellectual property rights and Freedom-to-Operate in the areas ofpharmaceuticals, biochemistry, biotechnology, and adhesives.

Dr. Aloys Hüttermann born in 1972, studied Chemistry at the University ofFreiburg and received his diploma degree in 1997. He finalized his Ph.D. thesis in2001 related to synthetic organic chemistry.Aloys Hüttermann is co-author of the textbook ‘‘Das Basiswissen der OrganischenChemie’’ (the basic knowledge of organic Chemistry, published at Wiley-VCH)and of several legal publications in the field of intellectual property.He passed the German Patent Bar Examination in 2005. Since 2005, he has beenadmitted to practice as European Trademark Attorney at the European TrademarkOffice (OHIM), since 2006 he is European Patent Attorney.Aloys Hüttermann is a founding member and partner of Michalski Hüttermann &Partner Patent Attorneys.

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