Dr. Sibylla M. Grahn
(in memoriam)
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Diplom-Biochemikerin
Sibylla Grahn dealt with all questions of intellectual propertylaw in the area of life sciences, in particular in those of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, immunology, pharmacology and biotechnological applications. She advised medium-sized German companies, technology transfer agncies, universities, German and international academic research institutions, law firms and pharmaceutical corporations.
She supported her clients in building up patent portfolios and in their enforcement und representation, such as in examination and opposition proceedings.
Sibylla Grahn studied biochemistry at the University of Leipzig. In her dissertation she developed methods for investigating serine proteases based on fluorescent-resonance-energy transfer. She then turned to serpins and their isotope marking by protein splicing methods at the Brandeis University, Boston, MA.
During her post-doctorate studies at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, she developed biosensors based on antibody fragments and solvato-chromatic fluorophors for use in living cells.
Sibylla Grahn worked for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT from 20003 – 2024. After her training in intellectual property law, she was admitted as a German patent attorney in 2006. From 2007, she was also an authorized representative before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Sibylla Grahn was a member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), and the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI).
