Patent Attorneys

Pierre-Aimé Despalle

Pierre-Aimé Despalle

European Patent Attorney

Location München

Born 1979

pierre-aime.despalle@bardehle.de
+49.(0)89.92805-475

Pierre-Aimé Despalle has a long-time experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications before the German Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office (EPO) in the three EPO official languages (English, French and German) as well as with European opposition proceedings and Appeal proceedings before the EPO Boards of Appeal. Pierre-Aimé Despalle also regularly acts in infringement proceedings in Germany and the corresponding nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court.

The technical specialization of Pierre-Aimé Despalle rests in the field of electrical engineering, in particular electronics and telecommunication, software, and physics, in particular semiconductor physics.

Career

2001

Three-month placement within the Quality department, failure analysis using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) on wafers, at Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising near Munich

2002-2004

Technical marketing engineer at the semiconductor manufacturer Micronas GmbH, Munich; definition of the technical specifications of a USB Audio Controller Integrated Circuit

2004-2010

Patent Engineer at the Intellectual Property law firm Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser, Munich

Since 2010

European Patent Attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich

Education

1997-1999

Two-year intensive undergraduate program in Lycée du Parc, in Lyon, France, in Math, Physics and Chemistry to prepare to nationwide competitive examinations for admission to French engineering schools

1999-2001

Engineering studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble in Grenoble, France

2001-2002

Exchange year at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, in the Physics department, London; final year project in the research group Optical and Semiconductor Devices

2002

Graduation from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble
Engineering Diploma, obtained with honours, Specialization: Semiconductor Physics and Optical Devices

2010

European Qualifying Examination; admitted to practice before the EPO

Languages

French (native speaker), English, German, Lithuanian