Dr. Sarah Hentschel

European Patent Attorney

Sarah Hentschel is a European and Swiss patent attorney at Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG. Her practice includes drafting patent applications, opposition briefs as well as patent and freedom-to-operate searches.

Sarah Hentschel studied chemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin. After graduating, she came to Zurich to work on her PhD thesis on DNA interstrand crosslinks at the University of Zurich in the Department of Organic Chemistry. In 2013, she successfully completed her PhD thesis. Since 2014, she has been working for Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG. Intermittent, she also gained experience as a patent engineer in industry.

In her free time, she is mainly dedicated to outdoor activities. She is an enthusiastic stand-up paddler and skier.