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We give your ideas room to grow.

Patent attorneys in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf. Patents, utility models, trade marks and designs for digital technology, electrical and mechanical engineering.

Good ideas take strength and courage.

Why we stand up for you and your innovations

You develop products that offer your customers particular value.

You operate in a demanding competitive environment.

You invest considerable time, energy and money in developing your products.

Your company's success depends on how quickly and at what quality you bring products to market.

We all need companies with the courage to bring new solutions into the world. Unfortunately, that courage is not always rewarded.

Our services for your successful products of tomorrow.

Digital technology, Telecommunications, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Medical technology, Robotics

Software and AI
Software and AI patenting to increase the value of digital products
Strategy
IP and strategy concepts for digital technologies and telecommunications
Opposition and UPC
Opposition and appeal proceedings, and representation before the Unified Patent Court
Trade marks and designs
The name and the shape belong to the product, not beside it
Searches and freedom to operate
Searches on the state of the art and on third-party rights that could stand in your product’s way
Idea workshops
Input for product success, together with your development team

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Our work on AI and patents is public.

How to measure us

You can read how we assess software and AI inventions before you instruct us.

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Publication
Artificial intelligence in patent law – revolution or evolution?, GRUR Patent 2025
Book chapter
AI Insights in Patent Portfolio Management, 2nd edition, Elgar Practical Guides 2025
Expert panel
Digital innovations, European Patent Academy 2026
Recognition
IAM 300 World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025 and 2026, Sebastian Goebel

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For patent practitioners we run a freely accessible knowledge and tool resource on using AI in patent work.

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Our consulting for products with sustainable value.

For inventors. For entrepreneurs. For good ideas.

Our why

We believe that good ideas, implemented and enforced in a sustainable way, benefit us all.

The prosperity of our society has come about because people have identified problems and developed solutions. We all benefit from that today. It is for these people that we are allowed to work.

Our mission

We protect good ideas so that there are still brave, clever people in the future.

Innovative companies should be able to profit from their products. We are committed to this.

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Services are comparable. People are not.

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Bernd Bösherz

Bernd Bösherz

Dipl.-Ing. | German Patent Attorney

Telecommunications · 4G/5G · SEP · Employee invention law

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Bernd Bösherz is a founding partner of Bösherz Goebel Patentanwälte, a graduate engineer in electrical engineering with a focus on communications technology, and has more than 15 years of experience in intellectual property. As an IP Manager at a major telecommunications company, he specialized in patent portfolio management and employee invention law.

His work focuses on strategic IP consulting. With his technical background and practical experience as an IP Manager, he understands not only the legal but also the business aspects of patent protection. This dual perspective enables him to develop tailored IP strategies that are both legally sound and economically viable.

Bernd Bösherz advises clients across various technical fields, particularly in telecommunications (4G, 5G), standard-essential patents (SEP), electronics, as well as battery technologies and medical technology. His expertise covers both the generation and enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as strategic IP consulting for companies of all sizes.

Practice areas:

  • IP Management: Patent portfolio management at a major telecommunications company with a focus on strategic patent positioning and employee invention law
  • Patent attorney services: Comprehensive client support with a focus on IP generation, enforcement, and strategic IP consulting

Technical expertise:

  • Telecommunications: 4G/5G technologies, standard-essential patents (SEP)
  • Electronics: Complex electronic systems and components
  • Future technologies: Battery technologies and medical technology

Awards

  • Repeatedly recognized by WirtschaftsWoche as one of Germany’s leading patent attorneys.
Sebastian Goebel

Sebastian Goebel

M. Sc. | German and European Patent Attorney | European Patent Litigator (UPC)

Software · AI · Medical technology · UPC

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Sebastian Goebel is a founding partner of Bösherz Goebel Patentanwälte and has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2013. He holds degrees in electrical and information engineering as well as laser and photonics. His technical specialization includes the protection of AI technologies and software — one of the most dynamic and legally challenging areas of modern patent law.

As a European Patent Attorney and European Patent Litigator, he has extensive experience in the filing, defense, and enforcement of patents, as well as in the strategic consulting on IP rights in the digital sphere.

Sebastian Goebel works with particular passion at the interface between technology and law, as well as across different technical fields. His interdisciplinary approach enables him to transcend traditional boundaries between electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, and other high technologies. He greatly enjoys following the rapid developments in AI and software technologies and translating them into legal value for his clients.

Professional experience:

  • Research in medical technology and machine learning
  • Software development
  • IP generation and defense (including in automotive, electronics, energy, and medical technology)
  • Lecturer in intellectual property law at Ruhr University Bochum until 2020

Special focus areas:

  • Software patenting, AI, connectivity

Publications and lectures

  • Digital innovations, High-growth technology business forum (BS12-2026), expert panel (European panel representative), European Patent Academy / EPO, online, 7 July 2026
  • Patenting AI in diagnostics and protection strategies for RUO, IVDR and CE products, VDGH workshop, 16 June 2026
  • AI language models as research assistants: between hallucination and efficiency, PATINFO 2026, Ilmenau, 12 June 2026
  • Patentability of AI and IP strategy for commercialising “AI-related” inventions, DECHEMA im Dialog (webinar series “AI (not only) in the life sciences”), online, 10 March 2026
  • Artificial intelligence in patent law – revolution or evolution?, GRUR Patent 2025, 592
  • AI use in the patent field, 45th PatentFORUM, Munich, 27 November 2025
  • AI Insights in Patent Portfolio Management, 2nd edition, Elgar Practical Guides, 2025
  • BDPA autumn seminar 2025, BDPAyouth seminar, Generative AI for patent attorneys: the language model as a drafting assistant, Karlsruhe, 25 September 2025
  • IP protection in a digital world – software patents, AI & copyright, AGIT Aachen, 11 April 2025
  • AI in everyday life, Bethmann Bank, Düsseldorf, 5 February 2025
  • Application of AI in IP practice, VPP Young Professionals and Networking Section Meeting, Berlin, 24 October 2024
  • Patenting AI innovations, CEIPI, 14 June 2024
  • Mastering Patent Portfolio Management in the Age of AI, FORUM Institute, as well as various other seminars and workshops

Awards

  • IAM 300 World’s Leading IP Strategists 2026
  • IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2026
  • IAM 300 World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025
  • Inventor Award of Ruhr University Bochum
Dr. Samuel Königshofen

Dr. Samuel Königshofen

M.Sc. | German and European Patent Attorney

Automotive · Mechanical engineering · Mobile communications · Trade marks and designs

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Dr. Samuel Königshofen studied physics, has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2019, and joined the team of Bösherz Goebel Patentanwälte in 2025. His main areas of practice include the automotive industry, mechanical and plant engineering, electrical engineering, mechanics, and materials science. In addition, Dr. Königshofen has extensive experience in trademark and design law.

Through his years of professional experience and training at a Düsseldorf law firm, he gained broad expertise in all areas of intellectual property. A particular focus of his work is the filing and defense of national and international patents and utility models.

Dr. Königshofen studied physics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, specializing in laser/plasma interaction and solid-state physics. As a doctoral researcher at the renowned Forschungszentrum Jülich, he conducted research on the interaction between organic molecules and magnetic thin-film systems. He received his PhD under the Jülich Model at the Institute of Physics of the University of Cologne.

Dr. Königshofen is a German Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney, and a qualified representative before the EUIPO. With his solid scientific background and extensive practical experience, he advises clients on strategic aspects of patent protection and ensures that their innovations receive optimal legal protection.

Practice areas:

  • Filing and defense of national and international patents and utility models
  • Advice on trademark and design applications
  • Strategic advice on patent protection

Industry focus:

  • Automotive industry
  • Materials science and mechanics

Qualifications

  • German Patent Attorney
  • European Patent Attorney
  • Qualified representative before the EUIPO

Education

  • Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne
  • Master of Science (Physics), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Nico Ostermann-Myrau

Nico Ostermann-Myrau

M. Sc. | Patent Engineer

Computer science · Robotics · IT security

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Studied computer science with a focus on intelligent systems. Active in intellectual property law since 2025.

Activities:

  • Research in humanoid robotics

Special topics:

  • Software, AI, robotics, IT security, and intelligent systems
Michael Wannek

Michael Wannek

M.Eng. | European Patent Attorney

Medical technology · Software · AI · Opposition proceedings · UPC

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Michael Wannek is a European Patent Attorney and thus a qualified representative before the European Patent Office. In addition to his experience in the field of computer science, he has a technical background in systems engineering and biomedical engineering. This provides him with in-depth expertise at the interface between technology and innovation.

Since 2021, he has been active in the field of intellectual property, where he has gained extensive experience in drafting and enforcing technical intellectual property rights. As a European Patent Attorney, his focus lies on building IP portfolios and providing strategic representation in opposition proceedings.

He brings particular expertise in the fields of medical technology, electrical engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence.

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Clarity. Foresight. Focus.

Our services for your successful product

Recognising opportunities:

In-depth analysis and strategies for protecting your products

Successful delimitation:

Overview of competing IP rights

Increase profitability:

Inspiration for success-oriented development of your products

Secure investments:

Financing plans to secure your protection strategy

Success requires skills. But lasting success requires a strong relationship.

Depth of detail. Appreciation. Proximity.

Our services for your long-term success

Developing substance:

We work with you to get to the heart of your product, both technically and strategically.

Working together with commitment:

We see ourselves as co-responsible for your company’s success.

Winning together:

We focus on long-term relationships that are increasingly profitable for both parties.

Active listening:

Through personal closeness to you and your employees, we understand your entrepreneurial and personal goals.

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At a glance

Location
Meerbusch near Düsseldorf, Germany
IP rights
Patents, utility models, trademarks, designs
Technical fields
Digital technology, Telecommunications, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Medical technology, Robotics
Recognition
WirtschaftsWoche TOP law firm for patent law 2023–2024 · IAM 300 World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025 and 2026, Sebastian Goebel

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Bösherz Goebel

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PATENTANWÄLTEN mbB

A: Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 2

40670 Meerbusch

Germany

P: +49 2159 69649700

M: welcome@boesherzgoebel.de

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