Since 2023
Associate at df-mp
Philip Weisshuhn
Associate
Dr. Phil, Dipl.-Biol.
Dr. Weisshuhn has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2019 and is authorized to represent clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, and the German Federal Supreme Court (in related appeals). His expertise complements df-mp’s strengths in the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, and Chemistry Divisions.
+ 49 89 210 296 0
philip.weisshuhn@df-mp.com
Philip Weisshuhn
Associate
Dr. Phil, Dipl.-Biol.
Dr. Weisshuhn has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2019 and is authorized to represent clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, and the German Federal Supreme Court (in related appeals). His expertise complements df-mp’s strengths in the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, and Chemistry Divisions.
+ 49 89 210 296 0
philip.weisshuhn@df-mp.com
practice areas.
Dr. Weisshuhn has extensive experience in the biotechnology industry and possesses a comprehensive scientific background, covering biochemistry, structural biology, cancer biology, and both clinical and preclinical research. His expertise encompasses patent prosecution, patent infringement, nullity actions, opposition and appeal proceedings, as well as conducting thorough Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analyses.
admissions.
- German Patent Attorney
AWARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
- Author and co-author of numerous scientific publications in the field of biochemistry
curriculum vitae.
2019-2023
Legal trainee at KUHNEN&WACKER, Freising, German Patent and Trademark Office, German Federal Patent Court, and at Landgericht München I
2017-2019
Business Development Manager in clinical research, Charité Research Organisation at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2016-2017
Recipient of EXIST Business Start-up Grant in biotechnology for creating a GWAS and machine-learning approach to harvest polygenic biomarkers and drug targets
2014-2016
Trader for Han Yale Ind. Co., Ltd., Taiwan
2008-2013
Doctoral student in the department of biochemistry, University of Oxford: structural studies on the human Notch‑1 receptor with a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) fully funded studentship
2001-2007
Biology student at the Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and of biochemistry at the Universidad de València in Spain, with a diploma thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Munich; graduated with distinction
publications.
- Weisshuhn, P.C., Handford, P.A., and Redfield, C. (2014). (1)H, (13)C and (15)N assignments of EGF domains 4 to 7 of human Notch-1. Biomol NMR Assign. 2015 Oct;9(2):275-9.
- Weisshuhn, P.C., Handford, P.A., and Redfield, C. (1)H, (13)C and (15)N assignments of EGF domains 8 -11 of human Notch-1. Biomol NMR Assign. 2015 Oct;9(2):375-9.
- Weisshuhn, P.C., Sheppard D., Taylor P., Whiteman P., Lea S.M., Handford P.A., Redfield, C. Non-Linear and Flexible Regions of the Human Notch1 Extracellular Domain Revealed by High-Resolution Structural Studies. Structure. 2016 Apr 5;24(4):555-66.
- Dr. Philip Weisshuhn und Dr. Florian Kühbeck, Konservative Aminosäuresubstitutionen und Deep Learning bei der Definition von Antikörpern, Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel – Intellectual Property, Ausgabe 3, 24. August 2022
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