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| Dr. Thomas Pfiz | Dr. Nikolai Gauss | Dr. Thilo Corts | Dr. Claudia Nieuwenhuis |
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Dr. Thomas Pfiz
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Curriculum Vitae
Studied physics at the University of Stuttgart. PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart on diffusion of hydrogen in metals. Postdoc at the University of British Columbia and at the TRIUMF research center in Vancouver (CA). Research stays at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) and Paul Scherrer Institute (CH). Since 1996 tutor and coordinator in the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg.
Technical Focus
- Construction machines
- Tool design
- Medical engineering
- Process measuring and control technology
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Dr. Nikolai Gauss, LL.M.
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Curriculum Vitae
Physics studies at the Universities of Heidelberg and Bayreuth, Diploma 1993. Research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (High Field Magnetic Laboratory Grenoble). Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1997 (Hall Effect and Resistance). Practical work experience in the fields of metrology, cryogenics, thermal conduction, charge transport and magnetic resonance. Studied "European Intellectual Property Law" at the Open University of Hagen, graduated as "Master of Laws 2006". Active in the field of intellectual property since 1997.
Since 2012 Deputy Head of the working group for prospective patent attorneys in Baden-Württemberg. 2006 - 2012 Examination board for patent attorneys. Chairman of the board of trustees and managing director of a company-affiliated foundation.
Technical Focus
- Electrical Engineerings
- Mechatronics
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Medical Technology
- Optics
- Control and regulation technology
- Process Engineering
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Dr. Thilo Corts
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Currciculum Vitae
Studied physics at the Universities of Kiel and Göttingen, diploma 1989. Research associate at the Institute of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, University of Göttingen. Research in the field of nuclear solid state physics; mixing behavior of thin films upon heavy ion irradiation; nuclear reaction analysis. Research stays in Groningen, Amsterdam and Paris. Doctorate in 1993; practical experience in the fields of metrology, ion accelerators, ultra-high vacuum technology, thin film manufacturing. Active in the field of intellectual property since 1994.
Technical Focus
- Automotive Engineering
- Medical Instruments
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Injection molding
- Control and regulation technology
- Process Engineering
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Dr. Claudia Nieuwenhuis
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Curriculum Vitae
Studies of computer science and mathematics at TU Ilmenau and Fernuniversität Hagen. PhD obtained from the Heidelberg Collaboratory for Image Processing ("Confidence Measures for Optical Flows"). Research stays at Simenes in Princeton (USA), at the Fraunhofer Institute in Singapore, at TU Munich, at University of London Ontario in Canada and at UC Berkeley (USA). Employee in the research department of Carl Zeiss AG from 2014 to 2018. Active in the field of intellectual property since 2017.
Technical Focus
- Computer implemented inventions
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision
- Image Processing
- Optimization
- Semiconductor Inspection
- Optics
- Medical Technology
- Control and Regulation Technology