Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer (born 10 February 1957 in Bad Camberg/Taunus, West GermanyDPMA web site, Senior Management . Consulted on January 17, 2009.) is a former president of the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) (), a post she held from 1 January 2009 until her retirement in January 2023. Bundesministerium der Justiz (Federal Ministry of Justice, Germany), Amtsübergabe beim DPMA: Rudloff-Schäffer folgt auf Schade, Press release, Berlin, January 15, 2009. Consulted on January 17, 2009. She studied law, politics and media studies and was, after the second legal civil service examination, employed as academic employee at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law () and at the Institut for the Protection of Industrial Property () at LMU Munich. She retired at the end of January 2023 and was succeeded by Eva Schewior. Rudloff-Schäffer was the first woman to head the German Patent and Trademark Office "in the 145-year history of the office".
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