Düsseldorf
+49 211 600 55-00 +49 211 600 55-050 c.heine@heuking.de
Languages
German,
English,
French
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Patent Law
- Physics
- Medical technology
- Process engineering
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Imaging Procedures
- Unified Patent Court
Vita
- Admitted as UPC Representative2025
- Admitted as European Patent Attorney 2006
- Admitted as Representative in trademark matters at the EUIPO 2004
- Admitted as German Patent Attorney 2004
- Education and former activities
- Individual law firm2023-2025
- Worked at a medium-sized patent law firm in Düsseldorf (2008-2022 as an equity partner) 2004-2022
- Trainee as a patent attorney with a degree in "Law for Patent Attorneys" (at a medium-sized patent law firm, at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, at the German Patent and Trademark Office, and at the Federal Patent Court)2001-2004
- Thesis at the Institute of Technical Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University on the detection of movements using nuclear magnetic resonance methods1998-2001
- Physics studies at the University of Dortmund (now TU Dortmund) with a minor in medicine; thesis in the field of physical chemistry1993-1998
Qualifications/Current topics
Dr. Christian Heine is a salaried partner in HEUKING's Düsseldorf office. As a patent attorney with several decades of professional experience, he deals with obtaining and enforcing patents for our clients. He represents our clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and acts as a patent attorney before the national courts. His technical focus is on physics, mechanical engineering, electrical and medical engineering, and chemical process engineering.
Affiliations
- epi (Institute for European Patent Attorneys)
- FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys)
- German Patent Bar Association