Ute Kilger

Biography

Ute Kilger has worked in the patent departments of large pharmaceutical companies for over 10 years. Ute Kilger studied chemistry at the University of Merseburg and obtained a PhD in biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin. She finished her training as a European patent attorney in the patent department of Boehringer Mannheim GmbH. Afterwards she was patent attorney for Roche Diagnostics GmbH in Mannheim for several years, before she joined the patent department at Schering AG in 2002. During her time at Schering AG, she was involved in comprehensive Due Diligence processes, mergers and acquisitions, and contract negotiations. In 2004 she was appointed Head of Global Patent Business Area Molecular Imaging. Since August 2009, Ute Kilger is working as a partner at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT in the areas of biology/chemistry/pharmaceuticals. She frequently lectures on IP protection at the University of Potsdam and at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Research Interest

Biology, Chemistry