Dr Hannes Spillmann

Swiss Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Representative before the UPC, Assistant Professor of Experimental Physics / Nanoscience at the University of Basel, Graduate in Chemistry from the University of Zurich

Specialized in
Construction Chemicals, Adhesives, Polymer Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Technology, Coating Technology, Surface Chemistry/Physics, Nanotechnology, Laser Technology, Additive Manufacturing, Mechanics

Member of
VSP (Association of Swiss Patent and Trademark Attorneys), VESPA (Association of Independent European and Swiss Patent Attorneys), LES (Licensing Executives Society), epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office), and AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)

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Vita

Hannes graduated from the University of Zurich in 1999 with a major in chemistry and a minor in computer science, and earned his Ph.D. there in 2002 with a dissertation in physical chemistry.

He then undertook postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. In 2003, Hannes joined the University of Basel as a research assistant and team leader, where he became a Privatdozent in nanoscience/experimental physics in 2007.

He entered the field of patent law in 2006 as a patent engineer at Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG in Bern. In 2010, Hannes was admitted as a European Patent Attorney and subsequently moved to a globally active Swiss industrial company specialising in specialty chemicals as a patent attorney. In 2012, he obtained the ‘Patent Litigation in Europe’ diploma from the University of Strasbourg, and in 2014 he returned to Keller Schneider in Bern as a partner. Since 2015, he has served as a part-time judge at the Federal Patent Court, and since 2019 he has also been an Innosuisse Special Coach (IP and Licensing).

Practice

Hannes has technology in his blood and a scientific mindset. From his time in research and industry, he has first-hand experience of a wide variety of technologies and always views the inventions he deals with in a broader context.

Hannes brings extensive experience to opposition and court proceedings. As a part-time judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, he is regularly involved in leading cases and is at the forefront of case law. His day-to-day advice therefore incorporates not only a legal perspective but also a judicial one. Hannes is a Swiss patent lawyer, a European patent lawyer and a representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Hannes’ technical expertise covers construction chemistry, adhesives, polymer chemistry, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, coating technology, surface chemistry and physics, nanotechnology, laser technology, additive manufacturing and mechanics.

His working languages are German and English.

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