Judges

Administrative Commission

First name	Name	Title	Field	Function	Office / Firm
Mark	Schweizer	Dr. iur.		President
Tobias	Bremi	Dr. sc. nat. ETH		Second permanent judge	Isler & Pedrazzini AG
Frank	Schnyder	lic. iur., Dipl. Mikrotech.-Ing. ETH		Vice president	Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.

Non permanent judges with technical training

First name	Name	Title	Field	Function	Office / Firm
Natalia	Clerc	Dipl. Phys. ETH	Physics	Non permanent judge	Isler & Pedrazzini AG
Roland	Dux	Dr. rer. nat., Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	DSM-Firmenich Ltd
Susanne	Finklenburg	dr. phil. nat.	Fisica	Giudice non di carriera	as from 01.08.2025: mylife DiabetesCare (previously Ypsomed Diabetes Care AG) until 31.07.2025: Mettler-Toledo International Inc.
Giovanni	Gervasio	Ph.D. Phys.	Physics	Non permanent judge	P&TS SA
Barbara	Herren	Dr. phil. nat., Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Roche Diagnostics
Michael	Kaufmann	Dr. chem.	Chemistry	nebenamtlicher Richter	BOHEST
Stephan	Kessler	MSc Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Non permanent judge	Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Bern)
Alfred	Koepf	Dr. sc. nat. ETH	Biology	Non permanent judge	Rentsch Partner AG
Christoph	Müller	Dipl. Ing. Phys. EPFL	Physics	Non permanent judge	Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG
Markus A.	Müller-Kägi	Dr. sc. techn. ETH, Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH	Electrotechnology	Non permanent judge	Frei Patentanwaltsbüro
Lorenzo	Parrini	Dr. sc. nat. EPFL	Physics	Non permanent judge	Philip Morris Products SA
Lorena	Piticco	Dr. sc. ETH, MSc ETH Chem.	Chemistry, Physics	Non permanent judge	Isler & Pedrazzini AG
André	Roland	Dipl. Phys.	Physics	Non permanent judge	André Roland SA
Susanna	Ruder	MSc.	Mechanical engineering	Non permanent judge	Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG
Philipp	Rüfenacht	Dr. phil. nat., Dipl. Phys.	Physics	Non permanent judge	Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Bern)
Christophe	Saam	Dipl. El.-Ing. EPFL	Electrotechnology	Non permanent judge	P&TS SA
Frank	Schager	Dr. rer. nat., Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	nebenamtlicher Richter	Johnson & Johnson
Andreas	Schöllhorn Savary	Dr. phil. II, Dipl. Biochem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Latscha Schöllhorn Partner AG
Martin	Sperrle	Dr. sc. nat. ETH,Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Latscha Schöllhorn Partner AG
Hannes	Spillmann	Dr. sc. nat., Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Bern)
Kurt	Stocker	Dipl. Phys. ETH	Physics	Non permanent judge	Gachnang AG Patentanwälte
Michael	Störzbach	Dr. rer. nat., Dipl. Chem.	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Ammann Patentanwälte AG Bern, part of the IPS Irsch Group
Kurt	Sutter	Dr. sc. nat., Dipl. Phys. ETH	Physics	Non permanent judge	E. Blum & Co. AG
Diego	Vergani	Dr. chem.-engin.	Chemistry	nebenamtlicher Richter	Pharma Patents International AG
Daniel	Vogel	Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH, MSc. C.S. (Computer Science)	Electrotechnology	Non permanent judge	Rentsch Partner AG
Prisca	von Ballmoos	Dipl. Natw. ETH	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	Ares Trading SA, an affiliate of Merck Serono SA
André	Werner	dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH	Mechanical engineering	Non permanent judge	PATERA-IP AG
Marco	Zardi	Dipl. Chem.-Ing. ETH	Chemistry	Non permanent judge	M. Zardi & Co. S.A.

Non permanent judges with legal training

First name	Name	Title	Field	Function	Office / Firm
Daniel M.	Alder	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	Kellerhals Carrard
Lara	Dorigo	lic. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
Philippe	Ducor	Dr. iur., Dr. med.	Law / Medicine	Non permanent judge	Ducor Law, Genève
Christoph	Gasser	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	Valfor Attorneys-at-Law
Andri	Hess	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	Homburger AG
Simon	Holzer	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	MLL Legal AG
Stefan	Kohler	Dr. iur., Dipl. sc. nat. ETH	Law	Non permanent judge	Vischer AG
Daniel	Kraus	Prof. Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	P&TS SA Vialex Rechtsanwälte AG
Thomas	Legler	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	until 31.12.2024: Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law as from 01.01.2025: Killias & Legler \| Dispute Resolution
Rudolf	Rentsch	Dr. iur., Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH	Law / Electrotechnology	Non permanent judge	IPrime Rentsch Kälin AG IPrime Legal AG
Ralph	Schlosser	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	Kasser Schlosser avocats SA
Christoph	Willi	Dr. iur.	Law	Non permanent judge	CMS von Erlach Partners AG