Unified Patent Court judges

All 143 judges sitting at the Unified Patent Court, ranked by caseload, with the divisions each judge has sat in. Click a judge for their profile. Judges sitting only in French divisions are anonymized for legal reasons. The most active judges have each heard well over a hundred cases.

Judge	Divisions	Cases
Matthias Zigann	Munich LD	354
Tobias Pichlmaier	Munich LD	322
Peter Tochtermann	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +1	289
Andras Kupecz	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +10	253
Berenice Thom	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD +1	243
Ingeborg Simonsson	Court of Appeal	217
Rian Kalden	Court of Appeal	207
Margot Kokke	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	206
Patricia Rombach	Court of Appeal	205
Ronny Thomas	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD	202
Daniel Voss	Brussels LD, Munich LD +1	197
Edger Brinkman	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	192
Dirk Böttcher	Mannheim LD	187
Klaus Grabinski	Court of Appeal	171
Pierluigi Perrotti	Dusseldorf LD, Mannheim LD +5	171
Stefan Schilling	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +5	153
Tatyana Zhilova	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	151
Peter Blok	Court of Appeal	141
Alima Zana	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	135
Mojca Mlakar	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	129
Sabine Klepsch	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +1	129
Emmanuel Gougé	Court of Appeal	127
Carine Gillet	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +5	125
Peter Agergaard	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +4	125
Samuel Granata	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	124
Camille Lignieres	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	121
Petri Rinkinen	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	121
Georg Werner	Munich LD	120
Ulrike Voß	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	118
Stefan Johansson	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	116
Paolo Catallozzi	Court of Appeal, Paris CD	111
Walter Schober	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	107
Max Tilmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +6	95
Maximilian Haedicke	Dusseldorf LD, Paris CD +2	88
Rute Lopes	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	85
Jule Schumacher	Dusseldorf LD	74
Eric Augarde	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	73
Anna-Lena Klein	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +6	70
Mélanie Bessaud	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +9	69
Stefan Wilhelm	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	65
Kai Härmand	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +2	60
Andrea Postiglione	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD +1	58
François Thomas	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +5	57
Nathalie Sabotier	Court of Appeal	57
Bart van den Broek	Court of Appeal	53
Ina Schnurr	Munich LD	52
Ingo Rinken	Dusseldorf LD, Unknown	52
Elisabetta Papa	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +7	50
Alessandro Sanchini	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +7	49
Marije Knijff	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +6	49
Klaus Loibner	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	46
Uwe Schwengelbeck	Court of Appeal, Milan CD +4	41
Kerstin Roselinger	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	39
Sender Tobias	Mannheim LD	37
Andrea Scilletta	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +4	36
Alain Dumont	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	35
Dennis Kretschmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	35
Steven Kitchen	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +5	33
Michel Abello	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +6	32
Erwin Wismeth	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	31
Marjolein Visser	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +4	31
Tobias Sender	Mannheim LD	31
Anders Hansson	Copenhagen LD, Court of Appeal +3	29
Renaud Fulconis	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +6	29
Torsten Duhme	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	28
Giorgio Checcacci	Copenhagen LD, Court of Appeal +7	27
Steen Wadskov-Hansen	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	26
Wiem Samoud	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	26
Christoph Norrenbrock	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	25
Daniel Severinsson	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +6	25
Graham Ashley	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	25
Rudi Goedeweeck	Hamburg LD, Mannheim LD +4	25
Xavier Dorland-Galliot	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	24
Emanuela Germano	Court of Appeal	23
Gérard Myon	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	23
Martin Schmidt	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	23
Lorenzo Parrini	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	21
Marc van der Burg	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	21
Bernard Ledeboer	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +5	20
Koen Callewaert	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +8	20
Schumacher Jule	Dusseldorf LD	19
Carola Wagner	Court of Appeal, Munich LD	18
Thomas Adocker	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	18
Jeroen Meewisse	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +1	17
Casper Struve	Court of Appeal, Munich CD	16
Christoph Schober	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	16
Johannes Mesa Pascasio	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	16
Nicolai Geier	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	16
Andrea Perronace	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +5	15
Christian Keller	Hamburg LD, Mannheim LD +2	15
Holger Kircher	Mannheim LD	15
Patrik Rydman	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	15
Stefanie Philipps	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	15
Claus Elmeros	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	14
Eric Enderlin	Milan CD, Munich CD +2	13
Frederic Gaillarde	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	13
Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	13
Udo Matter	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	13
Ulrike Keltsch	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	13
Goda Ambrasaité-Balyniené	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	12
Hergen Kapels	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	12
Anthony Soledade	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +2	11
Beate Schenk	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	11
Uwe Ausfelder	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	11
Cornelis Schüller	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +1	10
Florence Butin	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	10
Oliver Werner	Court of Appeal, Milan CD	10
Rainer Friedrich	Court of Appeal, Paris LD	10
Robert van Peursem	Dusseldorf LD, The Hague LD	10
Vincenzo Carni	Dusseldorf LD, Paris CD +1	10
Alessandra Sani	Dusseldorf LD, Paris CD	9
Michael Fleuchaus	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +1	9
Anna Hedberg	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	8
Arwed Burrichter	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +1	8
Paolo Gerli	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +1	8
Guillaume Faget	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	7
Kristian Jauregui	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	7
Pascal Attali	Mannheim LD, Munich LD	7
Simon Michels	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	7
Stefanie Parchmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	7
Christian Daniel	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	6
Laure Sarlin	Copenhagen LD, Court of Appeal +1	6
Marie-Paule Vandeberg	Court of Appeal, Milan LD +2	6
Panel member (anonymized)	Paris CD	6
Paolo Crippa	Court of Appeal, Paris CD +1	6
Pascal Weber	Milan CD, Munich LD	6
Selma Schenkl	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +1	6
Simon Walker	The Hague LD	6
Françoise Barutel	Court of Appeal	4
John Petersen	Dusseldorf LD	4
Michael Alt	Milan CD, Munich CD +1	4
Andreas Gustafsson	Court of Appeal, Milan CD	3
Jochen Thomas	Munich LD	3
Patrice Vidon	Munich LD	3
Dorothea Hofer	Court of Appeal	2
Kristian Jauregui Urbahn	Dusseldorf LD, Munich LD	2
Anja Mittermeier	Munich LD	1
Gabriele Alt	Court of Appeal	1
Michael Quittkat	Mannheim LD	1
Nathalie Bouche	Brussels LD	1
Panel member (anonymized)	Paris LD	1
Rute Alexandra Lopes	Dusseldorf LD	1
Xavier Thomas Olivier Dorland-Galliot	Dusseldorf LD	1

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