Hendrik is experienced in the prosecution of patents, has handled cases in European opposition proceedings and worked in litigation of German cases.
Education & background
Hendrik studied physics at the Ruhr University Bochum. He completed his PhD there in 2014 in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University. His PhD thesis focused on the deposition of gas barrier layers on plastics using plasma.
He then worked in industry as a systems engineer on the development of fluid sensors, dealing with patents as well as safety integrity levels.
In 2017, he entered the field of intellectual property and completed his training as a German and European patent attorney at a law firm in Bochum, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court in 2020. He worked as a patent attorney at his training firm for four years before joining Withers & Rogers.
He specializes in the field of computer-implemented inventions. He has also been a registered representative for the European Unitary Patent since 2024.
