Christoph Helms
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Christoph Helms
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Christoph Helms advises on all fields of intellectual property, especially regarding the filing, prosecution and enforcement of German patents and utility models as well as international patent applications. In addition, Christoph Helms is active in the field of patent opposition proceedings and Freedom To Operate.
Technical focus
- Automotive systems, especially autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
- Automotive communication, including V2X (external communication), bus systems (internal communication)
- Yard management
- Firmware over-the-air (FOTA)
- E-mobility (electric drives and energy management)
- Communication technology, encription methods
- Image processing
- Sonar technology
- Climate tech and renewable energies
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Storage technology
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Studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (specializing in microelectronics and microsystems technology) at the University of Bremen. Graduated as Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in 2006.
Research at the Institute of Electrodynamics and Microelectronics (ITEM) and the Institute for Microsensors, -actuators and –systems (IMSAS). Several years of semiconductor design and sales activities at an international semiconductor manufacturer near Munich.
Legal training at an international law firm with accompanying legal studies at the Distance-Learning University of Hagen, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court in Munich. Patent Attorney (Germany) since 2013.
Memberships
- Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys