Unified Patent Court judges

All 142 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.

Judge	Divisions	Cases
Matthias Zigann	Munich LD, Unknown	351
Tobias Pichlmaier	Munich LD	319
Ingeborg Simonsson	Court of Appeal	292
Rian Kalden	Court of Appeal	286
Patricia Rombach	Court of Appeal	275
Peter Tochtermann	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +1	274
Andras Kupecz	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +10	251
Berenice Thom	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD	237
Ronny Thomas	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD	207
Klaus Grabinski	Court of Appeal	206
Margot Kokke	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	199
Daniel Voss	Brussels LD, Munich LD +2	195
Edger Brinkman	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	189
Peter Blok	Court of Appeal	185
Dirk Böttcher	Mannheim LD	177
Pierluigi Perrotti	Dusseldorf LD, Mannheim LD +5	163
Emmanuel Gougé	Court of Appeal	160
Stefan Schilling	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +6	152
Tatyana Zhilova	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +3	151
Alima Zana	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	132
Mojca Mlakar	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	128
Sabine Klepsch	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +2	127
Carine Gillet	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +5	120
Peter Agergaard	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +3	120
Petri Rinkinen	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	120
Camille Lignieres	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	119
Samuel Granata	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	119
Georg Werner	Munich LD	118
Stefan Johansson	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +8	115
Ulrike Voß	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	106
Max Tilmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +6	104
Walter Schober	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	104
Paolo Catallozzi	Court of Appeal, Paris CD	102
Maximilian Haedicke	Paris CD, Paris LD +1	87
Rute Lopes	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +7	82
Jule Schumacher	Dusseldorf LD	74
Eric Augarde	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	72
Mélanie Bessaud	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +9	68
Anna-Lena Klein	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +6	66
Stefan Wilhelm	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	65
Kai Härmand	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +2	60
Andrea Postiglione	Dusseldorf LD, Milan CD +1	56
François Thomas	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +4	56
Ina Schnurr	Munich LD	50
Marije Knijff	Brussels LD, Dusseldorf LD +6	49
Alessandro Sanchini	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +7	47
Klaus Loibner	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	47
Elisabetta Papa	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +6	46
Nathalie Sabotier	Court of Appeal	45
Andrea Scilletta	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +4	43
Uwe Schwengelbeck	Court of Appeal, Milan CD +4	43
Bart van den Broek	Court of Appeal	41
Ingo Rinken	Dusseldorf LD	41
Kerstin Roselinger	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	39
Alain Dumont	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +2	36
Sender Tobias	Mannheim LD	35
Emanuela Germano	Court of Appeal	33
Erwin Wismeth	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	33
Michel Abello	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +6	32
Wiem Samoud	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	32
Dennis Kretschmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	31
Marjolein Visser	Brussels LD, Copenhagen LD +4	31
Steven Kitchen	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +5	29
Anders Hansson	Copenhagen LD, Court of Appeal +3	28
Graham Ashley	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	28
Renaud Fulconis	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +6	28
Tobias Sender	Mannheim LD	28
Torsten Duhme	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	26
Giorgio Checcacci	Copenhagen LD, Court of Appeal +7	25
Rudi Goedeweeck	Hamburg LD, Mannheim LD +4	25
Martin Schmidt	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	24
Xavier Dorland-Galliot	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	24
Steen Wadskov-Hansen	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +5	23
Lorenzo Parrini	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	22
Marc van der Burg	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +1	21
Christoph Norrenbrock	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	20
Jeroen Meewisse	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +1	20
Bernard Ledeboer	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +4	19
Schumacher Jule	Dusseldorf LD	19
Carola Wagner	Court of Appeal, Munich LD	18
Daniel Severinsson	Copenhagen LD, Dusseldorf LD +5	17
Gérard Myon	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	17
Koen Callewaert	Hamburg LD, Milan CD +6	17
Casper Struve	Court of Appeal, Munich CD	16
Nicolai Geier	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	16
Patrik Rydman	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	16
Christian Keller	Hamburg LD, Mannheim LD +2	15
Holger Kircher	Mannheim LD	15
Johannes Mesa Pascasio	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +2	15
Christoph Schober	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	14
Claus Elmeros	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +4	14
Cornelis Schüller	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +1	14
Eric Enderlin	Court of Appeal, Milan CD +3	14
Rainer Friedrich	Court of Appeal, Paris LD	14
Stefanie Philipps	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	14
Thomas Adocker	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	14
Udo Matter	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	14
Frederic Gaillarde	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +3	12
Hergen Kapels	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +2	12
Andrea Perronace	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +4	11
Goda Ambrasaité-Balyniené	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +4	11
Ulrike Keltsch	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +1	11
Anna Hedberg	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	10
Anthony Soledade	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +2	10
Beate Schenk	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	10
Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +3	10
Oliver Werner	Court of Appeal, Milan CD	10
Alessandra Sani	Dusseldorf LD, Paris CD	9
Arwed Burrichter	Court of Appeal, Hamburg LD +1	9
Florence Butin	Dusseldorf LD, Hamburg LD +2	9
Michael Fleuchaus	Mannheim LD, Munich LD +1	9
Uwe Ausfelder	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	9
Vincenzo Carni	Paris CD, The Hague LD	9
Paolo Gerli	Brussels LD, Court of Appeal +1	8
Françoise Barutel	Court of Appeal	7
Kristian Jauregui	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	7
Pascal Attali	Mannheim LD, Munich LD	7
Robert van Peursem	Dusseldorf LD, The Hague LD	7
Simon Michels	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +2	7
Stefanie Parchmann	Court of Appeal, Dusseldorf LD +1	7
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
Pascal Weber	Milan CD, Munich LD	6
Simon Walker	The Hague LD	6
Guillaume Faget	Court of Appeal, Mannheim LD +1	5
Paolo Crippa	Court of Appeal, Paris CD +1	5
Christian Daniel	Dusseldorf LD, Munich LD	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
Selma Schenkl	Court of Appeal, Munich LD +1	3
Dorothea Hofer	Court of Appeal	2
Anja Mittermeier	Munich LD	1
Gabriele Alt	Court of Appeal	1
Michael Quittkat	Mannheim LD	1
Nathalie Bouche	—	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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