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Romain VIDAL

LYON

En résumé

Patent engineer at Laurent & Charras IP law firm.

Fluent in English (C1) and with very good working skills in German (B2).

Laurent & Charras is a full service IP law firm combining technical expertise and legal excellence in intellectual and IP-related law.

Laurent & Charras is advising companies of all size from universities, research centre and SMEs to large multinationals across the life cycle of IP assets, from the development to commercialization through the analysis of complex IP situation and the creation of high quality protective rights and if necessary the enforcement of such.

Its global network of renowned and international colleagues ensures a service to clients from all around the world in all IP matters with emphasis on French and European patent proceedings.

Mes compétences :
Chimie
Physique des semi-conducteurs
Chimie des matériaux
Propriété industrielle
Propriété intellectuelle
Électrochimie
Polymères
Nanotechnologies
Catalyse
Management
Innovation

Entreprises

  • Laurent et Charras - Ingénieur brevet

    2014 - maintenant -Patent claims translations in EN/DE

    -Searching for prior art

    -Monitoring competitors patent portfolios (Questel)

    -Drafting patent applications in various fields :

    *chemistry (organic, polymer, cosmetic, organometallic, inorganic, batteries, fuel cells, nano-materials );
    *textile (flexible composite materials, light applications,...);
    *mechanics

    -Responding to office actions in FR (INPI), FR/EN (EPO)

    -Adivising foreign counterparts (JP,CN, US) in European prosecution phase

    -Assessing patentability, Freedom-To-Operate (FTO), validity

    -Managing intangible patent assets in customer appointments
  • Stolmár & Partner - Patent Attorney Intern

    2014 - 2014 http://www.shp-ip.com/
    Final year internship with the EU Patent Package as main subject matter under supervision of Dr.Hanns-Juergen Große:
    -Unitary patent protection under Regulations 1257/2012 and 1260/2012
    -Unified patent court agreement
    -Investigating potential impact and opportunities of the EU patent package for IP law firms and applicants/patent owners
  • Unilever - Patent manager intern

    Rueil-Malmaison 2013 - 2013 Gap year abroad part of the educational program under Bart Postmus supervision, Former product development Manager
    -Search for prior art : Designs, Trademarks (Locarno, Nice, Vienne classifications)
    -Patent Landscape analysis, scoping, clearance
    -Reviewing the State of the Art focused on targeted competitors (legal status, technical content)
    -Consumer Research (Quality consumer test for brand "SUN")
    -Prototyping
    -Process ability, Formulation aspects.
  • St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC - Patent attorney intern

    2013 - 2013 Gap year abroad part of the educational program under David W. Aldrich supervision, Partner at SSJR law firm
    -Search, analyses, comparison for prior art in chemical field
    -Attempt to draft pharmaceutical patent application
    -Assisted in patent litigation matters by carrying out technical analyses relevant to patent infringement and validity (Patent & ANDA litigation)
    - Knowledge about the American Patent law
    -->Patent prosecution under the AIA (Grace period, fist to file, two stages of filing patent application "Provisional/Regular", continuing applications,... )
    -->Post grant proceedings under the AIA (Post Grant Review, inter partes review, ex parte reexamination and re-issuance, derivations,...)
  • Office Européen des Brevets Munich - Patent Examiner Intern

    2012 - 2012 Gap year abroad part of the educational program
    Internship program under the project of CPC "Cooperative Patent Classification" between the EPO and the USPTO
    - Re-classification of patent applications related to "catalysts in polyaddition C08F4" based on the European Classification System "ECLA" under the supervision of an examiner
    - Received general training in IP, the patent granting process and classification systems as well as the search and examination tools used by examiners.
    -Attented an opposition proceedings
  • Cabinet LAURENT&CHARRAS - Patent attorney intern

    2011 - 2011 Part of the educational program under supervision of Denjean Eric and Vuillermoz Bruno, Partners at Laurent & Charras law firm
    -Knowledge about patent and its structure
    -Conditions for patentability
    -Filing procedures
    -Search for prior art including the use of tools like databases
    -Preparation work for patent applicant (timeline…)
    -Attended custumer visits
    -Attended a proceeding at the Court of Trade in Lyon

Formations

  • Technical University Munich

    Munich 2013 - 2014 One semester as Erasmus exchange student from October 2013 to March 2014.

    Advanced materials of science

    -Metals and semiconductors and their applications in thermoelectric and phase change materials (latent heat storage materials, DVD and Blu-ray technologies)
    -Chemically functionnalized materials : catalysis (metal, acid/base, red/ox catalysis, synthesis)
    -Metals and intermetallic compounds properties : crystal structures, phase diagrams
    -Electrochemistry and their ap
  • CPE LYON School Of Chemistry, Physics And Electronics

    Villeurbanne 2010 - 2014 Master of science

    Chemistry - Process Engineering
  • Classes Préparatoires CPE Lyon, Institution Des Chartreux PCSI

    Lyon 2008 - 2010 Mathématique, Physique/ Chimie

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