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Anja Koller

Anja Koller

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Anja Koller

Senior Associate, Patent Attorney

Life Sciences

Munich

UPC Representative

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Anja is an experienced member of the Life Sciences Patent Team, known for her passion for bridging scientific expertise with patent law.

She specialises in bioprocess engineering, pharmaceuticals, and related fields. Her work includes handling patent prosecution before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). Anja is highly skilled in managing oppositions and appeals at the EPO, employing both offensive and defensive strategies. 

Anja works with a diverse range of clients - from large multinational biopharmaceutical corporations to emerging biotech startups and SMEs in the bioprocess engineering sector. She is also involved in FTO projects and litigation-sensitive analysis and positioning of her clients.

Areas of Expertise

  • Bioprocess Engineering (protein (e.g., antibody) production and purification)
  • Biotherapeutics & Immuno-Oncology (immune checkpoint inhibitors, antibodies, therapeutic uses)
  • Cellular & Molecular Immunology (T-cell receptors, MHC class II molecules)
  • Genetic Engineering & Gene Therapy (miRNA inhibitors, CRISPR/Cas technology)
  • Bioinformatics (imaging technologies)

Academic & Professional Background

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Biotechnology, TU München
  • Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology, TU München (focus on affinity ligands for antibody purification via chromatography)
  • PhD in Biochemical Engineering, TU München (research on microalgae growth kinetics, scaling up from laboratory to pilot scale)

Anja is a German Patent Attorney (qualified in 2020) and a European Patent Attorney (qualified in 2021), as well as UPC representative. She joined Mewburn Ellis in 2021.