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Who Are the Best IP Attorneys in Germany? (2026)

435 attorneys in Germany met IPRATE's evidence thresholds and hold a published rating, computed from European (EPO) patent filing outcomes (tiers, highest first: Elite, Leading, Proven, Select). Based on official EUIPO, EPO and national IP office records. Ratings are never sold or sponsored.

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1Gudrun Rolf–Elite
2Michael Wolf–Elite
3Carsten Popp–Elite
4Thomas Weeg–Elite
5Karsten Finger–Elite
6Thomas Hocker–Elite
7Kilian Wagner–Elite
8Mirko Schober–Elite
9Conrad-Joachim Köchling–Elite
10Frank Hofmeister–Elite
11Marcus Galander–Elite
12Dierk Hansmann–Elite
13Ulrich Hehl–Elite
14Rainer Wunderlich–Elite
15Gabriele Rumrich–Elite
16Jürgen Flosdorff–Elite
17Oliver Tarvenkorn–Elite
18Gerhard Gustorf–Elite
19Andreas Huwer–Elite
20Kristiana Engelmann–Elite
21Sönke Holst–Elite
22Georg Johannes Hoppe–Elite
23Thomas Meel–Elite
24Ludwig Munk–Elite
25Fritz Schoppe–Elite
26Walter Klüppel–Elite
27Thorsten Meyer–Elite
28Josef Lehle–Elite
29Andrea Preusser–Elite
30Ulrich Kross–Elite
31Eckhard Müller–Elite
32Barbara Schmid–Elite
33Martin Landolf Lobemeier–Elite
34Jürgen Hoffmann–Elite
35Jochen Hansen–Elite
36Barbara Dietrich–Elite
37Andreas Killinger–Elite
38Georgios Karakatsanis–Elite
39Stefan Stein–Elite
40Jens Haverkamp–Elite
41Manfred Rau–Elite
42Rolf Wasmuth–Elite
43Christian Reichert–Elite
44Wiro Wickord–Elite
45Carmen Steiniger–Elite
46Thorsten Rehmann–Elite
47Wolf-Christian Müller–Elite
48Thomas Klein–Elite
49Andreas Thürer–Elite
50Andreas Schneider–Elite
51Achim Limbeck–Elite
52Rainer Zinken-Sommer–Elite
53Kai Kohlmann–Elite
54Wira Widjaja–Elite
55Uwe Rösler–Elite
56Jochen Herrmann–Elite
57Claus Simandi–Elite
58Ernst Hofmann–Elite
59Wolfgang Schmid–Elite
60Meik Huber–Elite
61Peter Riebling–Elite
62Jan-David Hecht–Elite
63Renate Weisse–Elite
64Manfred Wiebusch–Elite
65Hartmut Schütte–Elite
66Peter Sobisch–Elite
67Markus Burger–Elite
68Joachim Bee–Elite
69Georg Lohr–Elite
70Wolf-Dieter Hannig–Elite
71Klaus Castell–Elite
72Bernd Gellner–Elite
73Jochen Müller–Elite
74Dalibor Grabovac–Elite
75Manfred Witzany–Elite
76Swen Hentrich–Elite
77Florian Schwerbrock–Elite
78Florian Bungartz–Elite
79Jochen Kilchert–Elite
80Andreas Stubbe–Elite
81Axel von Hellfeld–Elite
82Malte Köllner–Elite
83Michael Gosdin–Elite
84Thomas Becker–Elite
85Ulrich Kreutzer–Elite
86Frank Lüdtke–Elite
87Thomas Marx–Elite
88Wolfgang Wablat–Elite
89Udo Söllner–Elite
90Nikolai Gauss–Elite
91Oliver Friz–Elite
92Edmund Lothar Fritz–Elite
93Alexander Waldauf–Elite
94Katja Bergen–Elite
95Gerhard Wolf–Elite
96Thomas Fritzsche–Elite
97Markus Albert Richardt–Elite
98André Werner–Elite
99Karl-Ulrich Braun-Dullaeus–Elite
100Michael Tetzner–Elite
101Stefan Küchler–Elite
102Alpdeniz Özer–Elite
103Johannes Schweiger–Elite
104Bianca Bitterlich–Elite
105Jörg-Eden Kluin–Elite
106Hans-Christian Kühn–Elite
107Alexander Straus–Elite
108Karl Wolfgang Völger–Elite
109Nino Maria Bratovic–Elite
110Axel Schmidt–Leading
111Frank Weihrauch–Leading
112Peter Karl Schorr–Leading
113Dieter Laufhütte–Leading
114Kay Rupprecht–Leading
115Jochen Reich–Leading
116Uwe Fischer–Leading
117Thomas Kurt Albert Verscht–Leading
118Manfred Rossmanith–Leading
119Thomas Leffers–Leading
120Steffen Budach–Leading
121Andreas Friedrich–Leading
122Wolfgang Weitzel–Leading
123Stefan Wendels–Leading
124Peter Strauß–Leading
125Peter Kindermann–Leading
126Nader Isam Mark Tahhan–Leading
127Ludger Wübken–Leading
128Roland Gagel–Leading
129Rudi Beyer–Leading
130Detlef Brandt–Leading
131Helmut Behrens–Leading
132Franz Uppena–Leading
133Andrea Schüßler–Leading
134Klaus Kinnstätter–Leading
135Jan Stamer–Leading
136Steffen Schmidt–Leading
137Jörg Wonnemann–Leading
138Matthias Seyboth–Leading
139Ingo Radünz–Leading
140Hans-Lothar Arth–Leading
141Thomas Eder–Leading
142Markus Markowitz–Leading
143Reiner Helge–Leading
144Stephan Gärtner–Leading
145Klaus Peter Raunecker–Leading
146Jürgen Beckmann–Leading
147Volker Mildner–Leading
148Thilo Schön–Leading
149Rita Ludewig–Leading
150Axel Tillmann–Leading
151Ulrich Dammertz–Leading
152Klaus Mielke–Leading
153Stefan Waller–Leading
154Bettina Auerbach–Leading
155Jürgen Reinhardt–Leading
156Uwe Schneider–Leading
157Matthias Negendanck–Leading
158Siegfried Fürst–Leading
159Thomas Kohl–Leading
160Tobias Fobbe–Leading
161Günther Wittmann–Leading
162Rudolf Meyer–Leading
163Wolfgang Hellmich–Leading
164Beate Avenhaus–Leading
165Claudia Schwarz–Leading
166Dietmar Stahl–Leading
167Klaus Kaewert–Leading
168Karsten Heinemeyer–Leading
169Markus Reinhardt–Leading
170Wolfgang Straßer–Leading
171Bernard Lohmanns–Leading
172Bernhard Lindinger–Leading
173Bernd Straub–Leading
174Irmgard Gertrud Schuhbießer–Leading
175Hans-Herbert Stoffregen–Leading
176Thomas Launhardt–Leading
177Volker Fischer–Leading
178Jobst Wibbelmann–Leading
179Hans-Peter Gottfried–Leading
180Werner Dreykorn-Lindner–Leading
181Jürgen Stiel–Leading
182Bernhard Binner–Leading
183Leopold Joachim Gruner–Leading
184Peter Roos–Leading
185Rolf Schrooten–Leading
186Andreas Beyer–Leading
187Jens Sebastian–Leading
188Volkhard Kratzsch–Leading
189Götz Thomas–Leading
190Stefanie Sandvoß–Leading
191Steffen Adams–Leading
192Bastian Best–Leading
193Klaus-Dieter Hoffmann–Leading
194Rainer Loritz–Leading
195Werner Riegel–Leading
196Udo Tappe–Leading
197Rainer Jaeschke–Leading
198Rainer Kasseckert–Leading
199Wolfram Schlimme–Leading
200Andy Stefan Roth–Leading
201Bernd Michael Pohlmann–Leading
202Stefan Kastel–Leading
203Astrid Nitz–Leading
204Peter Sommer–Leading
205Jürgen Plate–Leading
206Johannes Einsiedler–Leading
207Jürgen Oberdorfer–Leading
208Stephan Naessens–Leading
209Wolfgang Esser–Leading
210Dirk Straubel–Leading
211Dirk Ellerbrächter–Leading
212Wolfgang Schwarz–Leading
213Friedhelm Vomberg–Leading
214Thomas Müller–Leading
215Andreas Grauel–Leading
216Jürgen Neugebauer–Leading
217Cordula Knefel–Leading
218Ludwig Wilhelm–Leading
219Wilhelm Heuer–Proven
220Sören Randoll–Proven
221Jing Lu–Proven
222Clemens Bauer–Proven
223Klaus Hofmann–Proven
224Rüdiger Walter Baumann–Proven
225Jochen Oelke–Proven
226Carsten Beyer–Proven
227Frank Truckenmüller–Proven
228Andreas Kurz–Proven
229Thomas Schwarz–Proven
230Jörg Lauerwald–Proven
231Holger Adam–Proven
232Mirko Dietz–Proven
233Mechthild Harlacher–Proven
234Stephanie Reuss–Proven
235Anke Kempkens–Proven
236Cornelia Rebbereh–Proven
237Birgid Wichmann–Proven
238Gerd Zetterer–Proven
239Frank Petersen–Proven
240Robert Klinski–Proven
241Markus Franz-Josef Schatz–Proven
242Peter Jany–Proven
243Gerhard Guthöhrlein–Proven
244Robert Lindemann–Proven
245Gerhard Voth–Proven
246Oliver Ridderbusch–Proven
247Tilman Taruttis–Proven
248Thomas Albrecht–Proven
249Dieter Alexander Böss–Proven
250Albrecht Schuhmann–Proven
251Jörg Peter Boßmeyer–Proven
252Carsten Wagner–Proven
253Marcus Grüneberg–Proven
254Wieland Habenicht–Proven
255Ralph Staudte–Proven
256Anton Hartdegen–Proven
257Norbert Schoenen–Proven
258Beate König–Proven
259Stefan Wilhelm–Proven
260Stephan Lück–Proven
261Sven Bernhard Kiriczi–Proven
262Albrecht von Kirschbaum–Proven
263Kathrin Schulze Horn–Proven
264Bernd Szaunig–Proven
265Markus Wiedemann–Proven
266Stefan Mederle-Hoffmeister–Proven
267Werner Bergmeier–Proven
268Wieland Groth–Proven
269Joachim Ackermann–Proven
270Tanja Bendele–Proven
271Andreas Noack–Proven
272Gerhard Wiese–Proven
273Rainer Fritsche–Proven
274Joachim Bradl–Proven
275Hartmut Hering–Proven
276Gerd Pokorny–Proven
277Bruno Muth–Proven
278Thomas Freudenberg–Proven
279Christian Holz–Proven
280Michael Rausch–Proven
281Alexander Bach–Proven
282Gerald Haschick–Proven
283Thomas Müller-Wolff–Proven
284Rolf-Dieter Flaccus–Proven
285Bernd Hutter–Proven
286Bernd Fabry–Proven
287Ulrike Rudolph–Proven
288Anna Katharina Heide–Proven
289Markus Borbach–Proven
290Tomas Lendvai–Proven
291Monika Sigrid Ripper–Proven
292Günter Keller–Proven
293Michael Turi–Proven
294Christoph Schröder–Proven
295Matthias Thomas–Proven
296Wolfgang Sandmann–Proven
297Andreas Vogel–Proven
298Uwe Fitzner–Proven
299Benjamin Fechner–Proven
300Peter Sartorius–Proven
301Udo Rauch–Proven
302Beate Frese–Proven
303Arno Wesch–Proven
304Walter Höchtl–Proven
305Stephan Wiesmann–Proven
306Claus Peter Pietruk–Proven
307Bertram Koch–Proven
308Jutta Ebert–Proven
309Thomas Heinz Meitinger–Proven
310David Dickerson–Proven
311Michael Downar–Proven
312Stefan Rolf Huebner–Proven
313Urs Norman Straube–Proven
314Matthias Graf Lambsdorff–Proven
315Thomas Ahrens–Proven
316Armin Binder–Proven
317Henning Lütjens–Proven
318Michael Lang–Proven
319Linda Nowack–Proven
320Christian Münch–Proven
321Susann Jendricke–Proven
322Christian Schmidt–Proven
323Alexander Koelle–Proven
324Lothar Karl Rudolf Dekker–Proven
325Astrid Stehl–Proven
326Frank Karl–Proven
327Frank Marks–Select
328Karl Michael Schmidt–Select
329Jork Meyer–Select
330Karl F. Grommes–Select
331Björn Davepon–Select
332Jan Stütz–Select
333Michael Witz–Select
334Knut Grape–Select
335Birgit Weber–Select
336Ute Heide–Select
337Matthias Nobbe–Select
338Annette Krah–Select
339Florian Meier–Select
340Jost Hartmann–Select
341Martin Einsel–Select
342Gudrun Sacht-Gorny–Select
343Robert Germain Margue–Select
344Stefan Kuba–Select
345Thomas Heun–Select
346Christof Haust–Select
347Nicola Warneke–Select
348Patentanwaltskanzlei Liermann-Castell–Select
349Richard Zollner–Select
350Marcus Bauer–Select
351Peter Körner–Select
352Andreas Rutetzki–Select
353Sven Kirchner–Select
354Ernst-Peter Heilein–Select
355Christian Hahn–Select
356Bakuri Lanchava–Select
357Lorenz Thoma–Select
358Dieter Heunemann–Select
359Gerd L. Koepe–Select
360Martin Richard Fritz–Select
361Martin Schlosser–Select
362Anja Pietrzykowski–Select
363Thilo Schmelcher–Select
364Hajo Köster–Select
365Schön–Select
366Friederike Höfer–Select
367Roland Brem–Select
368Stefan Legl–Select
369Jörg Beck–Select
370Thomas Kloiber–Select
371Frank Wettlaufer–Select
372Daniele Wolfgang Schiuma–Select
373Stephan Kohlhof–Select
374Walter Maiwald–Select
375Rolf Klemm–Select
376Björn Schulz–Select
377Hartmut Schwahn–Select
378Hans-Peter Brehm–Select
379Joachim Moritz Lüdcke–Select
380Christian Bendel–Select
381Markus Kloker–Select
382Cornelia Stoppkotte–Select
383Markus Hössle–Select
384Alexander Skolaut–Select
385Thomas Seifert–Select
386Marietta Bettina Cullinane–Select
387Andrea Sommer–Select
388Felicita Banzhaf–Select
389Marc René Carlsohn–Select
390Per-Christian Heisel–Select
391Oliver Schmidt–Select
392Klaus Hoffmann–Select
393Wolfgang Kann–Select
394Christof Kudla–Select
395Michael Best–Select
396Dietmar Dorn–Select
397Peter P. Gehrke–Select
398Wolfgang Heisel–Select
399Franz Herrmann–Select
400Klaus Latzel–Select
401Stefan Schlosser–Select
402Florent Charles L'Huillier–Select
403Thomas Bausch–Select
404Katja Dauster–Select
405Vanda Píchová–Select
406Michael Pfeffer–Select
407Bojan Savic–Select
408Marietta Köchling–Select
409Maximilian Brandt–Select
410Tilmar Konle–Select
411Matthias Euler–Select
412Heinz-Dietrich Hoffmann–Select
413Rüdiger Lotze–Select
414Bernhard Müller–Select
415Volker Münch–Select
416Thomas Kimpfbeck–Select
417Marie-Luise Schwarzensteiner–Select
418Jörg-Stephan Deblon–Select
419Matthias Weigel–Select
420Andreas Christian Oancea–Select
421Greg Robert Sach–Select
422Andrea Briatore–Select
423Gerhard Hermann–Select
424Anton Thalmeir–Select
425Elke Ursula Nowlan–Select
426Ruth Seifert–Select
427Christoph Schreiter–Select
428Stephan Spiller–Select
429Claus-Peter Faul–Select
430Bernhard Schupp–Select
431Marcus Schwarzhaupt–Select
432Gabriele Endler–Select
433Philippe Sauer–Select
434Georg Schweiger–Select
435Gabriele Mohsler–Select

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