Patents

Chartered Engineer (CEng) 2001; European Engineer (Eur Ing) 2002; European Patent Attorney 2005; German Patent Attorney 2009; European Trade Mark and Design Attorney 2009.

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA); European Patent Institute (epi); German Patent Attorneys Association; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); Engineering Council (EC UK); European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT); European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI); International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI); German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR); The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE); Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP).

Hanns is a European, German and Chartered UK patent attorney, as well as a European trade mark and design attorney, and works at D Young & Co's Munich office.

Most of his work is for large and medium-sized corporate clients from the UK, US and mainland Europe, particularly in the area of preparation and prosecution of patent applications. As a German patent attorney, Hanns also advises on German intellectual property rights.

Hanns' main areas of expertise are in the field of automotive engineering, computer-implemented inventions, medical technology, microprocessor engineering, semiconductors and telecommunications. His strong technical background comes from his degrees and PhD in electronic engineering, his many years of experience working in private practice, as well as from working in-house in the Infineon Technologies Intellectual Property Department for six years.

BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering, University of Central Lancashire 1992; Qualified Engineer in Telecommunications and Microprocessor Engineering, University of Applied Sciences 1993; PhD in Electronic Engineering, University of Central Lancashire 1997; Law for German Patent Attorneys, FernUniversitaet 2008; Diploma in Patent Litigation in Europe, Université de Strasbourg 2013; Introduction to English Law, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2014; Basic Litigation Skills Certificate, CPD Training (UK) Ltd 2016.