Maiwald GmbH

Anja has experience in worldwide patent portfolio strategy and management, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, as well as defending and challenging patent rights in all areas of biochemistry and chemistry, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals, including antibodies, small molecules, antibody-drug-conjugates, T cell receptors, personalized medicine, vaccines, gene therapy, as well as pharmaceutical formulations. She is also involved in the preparation of opinions on freedom-to-operate, infringement, and validity questions. After having passed the German patent attorney examination and the European qualifying examination in February and March 2023, Anja worked at the US law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in Washington, D.C., from May to December 2023. During her stay at Sterne Kessler, Anja was inter alia involved in preparing the patent defense in post grant review (PGR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the USPTO, preparation of validity opinions, freedom-to-operate and patentability analysis, as well as drafting patent applications. She also gained insights into inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the PTAB and appeal proceedings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). In September 2023, Anja passed the US patent bar examination to complement her German and European qualifications. During her time in the US, Anja gained a fundamental understanding of US patent law, which supplements her knowledge of European and German patent law. This allows her to advice clients on European and German patent matters in a global context, enabling her to build bridges between important jurisdictions for an optimum worldwide strategy. Anja received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biochemistry, as well as her PhD from the Technical University of Munich. Her PhD focused on all aspects of mass spectrometry-based proteomics, including bacterial and mammalian cell culture, as well as the statistical evaluation of mass spectrometric data.

Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
M.Sc. Biochemistry

since 2026 Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald

since 2024 Patent attorney at Maiwald

2023 Legal Trainee at Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, Washington, D.C., US

2023 Patentassessor at Maiwald

2020 - 2023 Patent attorney Trainee at Maiwald

2016 - 2019 Scientific assistant at the chair of organic chemistry II of the Technical University of Munich

German, English

German Patent Attorney Association epi women in IP ChiPs Network

2024 Admitted to practice before the UPC

2024 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney

2024 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney

2023 Passed the US patent bar examination

2022 Internship at a patent litigation chamber at the district court Munich I (Landgericht München I)

2020 - 2022 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen

2016 - 2019 Doctoral degree in the field of bioorganic chemistry from the Technical University of Munich

2014 - 2016 Master’s degree in biochemistry from the Technical University of Munich

2011 - 2014 Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the Technical University of Munich