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.
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 |
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 |
2010 | European Qualifying Examination; admitted to practice before the EPO |
French (native speaker), English, German, Lithuanian