Dr. Jan-Christian Schütte

Managing Partner noventive | Patent Attorney | MIPLM (equiv. LLM)

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

I am a Managing Partner at the Intellectual Property Law Firm noventive and responsible for the Berlin office. My background includes: - Focus on patent application drafting, office action responses - 15 years of experience in Industrial IP departments - Leadership roles and responsibility for IP strategy across business units - Broad experience with computer-implemented inventions (“software patents”) including those leveraging machine learning, as well as mechanical inventions - Expert on IP protection of digital business models and digital twins - Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management with a focus on digital business models (MIPLM) - Dipl.-Biophysiker Dr. rer. nat. I represent clients before the DPMA, the EPO, the EUIPO and the UPC: - German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) - European Patent Attorney - European Trademark Attorney - Unified Patent Court Representative I am a member of: - Vereinigung von Fachleuten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes (VPP) - Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte (BDPA) - European Patent Institute (EPI) - Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI) - Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Noventive has two offices in Germany (Munich and Berlin) and more than 40 patent attorneys, covering all fields of technology. We utilize a fully digitalized back-office and several AI Co-Pilots to deliver legal services to our clients efficiently, typically with fixed-price offers. For industrial IP departments: Our inhouse clients often have the need to do more (patent applications) with less (budget). Our team uses attorney-supervised, AI-facilitated workflows for drafting and prosecution of patent applications. We match our services to how valuable individual inventions are rated by the inhouse IP departments: - Collaborative Drafting for high-value inventions (an inhouse IP Counsel provides claims and figure sketches, we complete the draft) - Efficient AI-Facilitated Drafting for mid-value inventions - Economy First Filings or Defensive Publications for lower-value inventions For mid-sized companies: With the IP collaboration platform FLUID, clients can manage their IP cases and all their law firms in one central software tool with full cost-control and overview on the current status of each case. For startups / individuals: We provide clear legal advice on IP filing strategies including Patents, Trademarks and Designs, involving costs and to-be-expected timelines of the official procedures. To align on these aspects, we offer an initial cost-free consultation via Video-Call.

Experience

  • Managing Partner & Chief of Station in Berlin at noventive - IP securely protected
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    Management of the Berlin office for noventive. Key account management for large clients, legal and organizational consulting, legal services such as patent applications, office action responses and oppositions.

  • Member of Customer Advisory Board at Solve Intelligence
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    Advisory role (unpaid), customer perspective

  • Siemens (13 yrs)
    • Head of IP & Chief of Station in Berlin
      Jun 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Head of a patent attorney team serving in particular Businesses with a focus on Electrification & Automation, E-Mobility, Grid Software, Energy as a Service, Emerging Transportation Platforms and Distributed Energy Systems. Inhouse Lead IP Counsel for Operating Company Smart Infrastructure. Chief of Station for Siemens IP department in Berlin.

    • Coordinator of Inhouse Software Review Group
      Dec 2017 - Dec 2024 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      Coordinator of an international in-house group reviewing new software tools for patent attorneys, e.g. AI assisted patent drafting tools.

    • Lead Intellectual Property Counsel - Company Core Technology: Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure
      Oct 2017 - Dec 2024 · 7 yrs 3 mos

      Coordinator IP strategy and benchmarking for a cross-business patent portfolio as part of a larger, company wide initiative.

  • Patent Manager at HARTMANN GROUP
    Jul 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Patent Manager for medical products.

  • Research Assistant, PhD candidate at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Dec 2006 - Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos