Biography- born 1963 in Germany
- "Abitur" at the "Städtisches Gymnasium Lennestadt"
- studies of physics and mathematics at the RWTH Aachen, special interests: statistical physics, solid state physics , biomedical engineering, cryobiology
- PhD with grant at the HHU Düsseldorf in neural networks / robotics / medical engineering
- 2 years professional training in German patent law at Fitzner & Münch, Ratingen
- intern at US patent attorney
- trainee at District Court and Court of Appeal in Düsseldorf, Federal Patent Court in München (Munich)
- Patent Attorney in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1998
- European Patent Attorney at the European Patent Office since 1998
- European Trademark Attorney at the Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market since 1998
Memberships
- Patentanwaltskammer - Institute of Patent Attorneys in Germany
- epi - Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
- VPP - Association Patent Professionals in Industry in Germany
- FICPI - Federation International des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle
- GRUR - Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht
Publications
- J. Beckmann, Ch. Körber, G. Rau, A. Hubel, E.G. Cravalho: "Redefining Cooling Rate in Terms of Ice Front Velocity and Thermal Gradient: First Evidence of Relevance to Freezing Injury in Lymphocytes", Cryobiology 27, 279-287 (1990)
- J. Beckmann: "Resistive Network Approach for Obstacle Avoidance in Trajectory Planning"; in: R. Eckmiller, G. Hartmann, G. Hauske (Hrsg.), Parallel Processing in Neural Systems and Computers, North-Holland (1990)
- J. Beckmann: "A Simple Neural Network for Approximation of Multidimensional Functions by Interpolating Table-look-up", Int. Workshop Neurocomputing in Systems Control, Dubrovnik (1990)
- J. Beckmann, W.J. Daunicht, V. Hömberg: "Neural Network Approach tthe Control of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in Paraplegic Patients" , 1st European Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Nice (France) (1991)
- J. Beckmann, W.J. Daunicht, V. Hömberg: "Computer Simulation of Artificial Neural Networks as Controller in Functional Electrical Stimulation" , Abstracts of the 14th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association , Cambridge (UK) (1991)
- A.G. Canavan, J. Beckmann: "Deriving principal component IQ scores from the WAIS-R", British Journal of Clinical Psychology 32: 81-86 (1993)
- J. Beckmann, W.J. Daunicht, V. Hömberg: "Functional Electrical Stimulation with Neural Network Controlled State Feedback", Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Amsterdam (NL) (1993)
- J. Beckmann: "Neuronale Netzwerke zur Kontrolle funktioneller elektrischer Stimulation bei Querschnittspatienten", Diss. Univ. Düsseldorf, Aachen: Shaker (ISBN 3-8265-0229-9) (1994)
- J. Beckmann: "Der erfinderische Schritt im Gebrauchsmusterrecht: Anmerkungen", GRUR 1997, 513 (1997)
- J. Beckmann: "Über die Differenzierung und Quantifizierung von Erfindungshöhe, Schutzrechtsverletzung und Rechtsfolgen im Patentrecht", GRUR 1998, 7 (1998)
- J. Beckmann: "Rechtssicherheit durch Verknüpfung der Neuheitsschonfrist mit vorzeitiger Offenlegung ?", Mitt. 2000 (Festschrift 100 Jahre Patentanwaltsgesetz), 191.
- J. Beckmann: "Spezielle Relativitätstheorie: Von Null auf Lichtgeschwindigkeit", De Gruyter Oldenbourg; 1. Edition 2021, ISBN 978-3110737448
Own inventive activities
- EP 1 031 081 B1: "PROGRAMMGESTEUERTE EINHEIT UND VERFAHREN"
- EP 1 363 783 B1: "EINGABEVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EIN MOBILTELEFON"
Last update: 19.02.2026
