Jean-Paul Ameline is a Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He specializes in telecommunications, computer science, electronics and signal processing. He worked in another IP firm before joining Plasseraud IP in 2013. He has more than 15 years of experience as IP Manager, Senior IP Counsel, and IP Manager for large telecommunications equipment supply groups.  He has extensive experience in patent transactions with a focus on licenses, divestitures, M & A transactions, technology licenses and R&D agreements.

Patrice spent 10 years at Hutchinson’s. He was Chief Engineer in a Research Centre and managed an advanced Engineering team in the automative anti-vibration development. During this experience, he discovered the fields of competitor benchmarking, technological watches and industrial property. He joined Plasseraud IP in 2005. Patrice specializes in the fields of mechanics, acoustics, electronics and signal processing as well as patent prosecution.

Patrick has worked in the field of Intellectual Property since 1995 and he joined PLASSERAUD IP in 2004. He specializes in the mechanics field (e.g. automobile, aeronautics, plastic products manufacturing, consumer products) as well as in patent prosecution and litigation matters.

Christian Schmitbegan his career as an engineer in an electronics design department at Souriau Diagnostic Electronic then project manager on automotive diagnostic equipment. He began to work in the field of Intellectual Property at Framatome Connectors International and dealt with inventions of design departments of various European and American sites. He joined a Patent Law firm in Bordeaux in 2002 and dealt with cases for various SMEs in the field of mechanics and electronics and cases of an international group in the aeronautic and aerospace field.

Régis Vigand worked for 5 years in patent department of THALES (household appliances, optronics, avionics). He then joined the patent department of ALCATEL (optic fibers & cables, telecom services). Thereafter he worked for 5 years in PEUGEOT’s patent department (electronic & equipment in cars). After having worked for 3 years in an IP firm in Paris (electronic, telecom, mechanics, optics), he joined Plasseraud IP in June 2014, where he essentially deals with patent prosecution, freedom to operate, and oppositions before the EPO.

Fenglei Cayssol is a Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP since 2018. Her Ph.D. work was devoted to the study of the domain wall dynamics in ultrathin ferromagnetic layers by using the anomalous Hall effect. After 1-year post-doctoral research on nanoelectronics based on carbon nanotubes at the Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures, she started her career in Intellectual Property in a French IP law firm.

Anne-Sophie Cornec is French Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. She is mainly involved in drafting and obtaining patents in the field of chemistry. Following her PhD. in organic chemistry, she worked for more than six years as a research engineer in both academic laboratories in France (University of Rouen) and in the United States (University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia), as well as in industry (Sanofi).

Louis Lavigne is a French Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP, specializing in medical devices and the energy sector, particularly electric batteries. He drafts and defends patent applications before national and international offices and assists clients in disputes brought before offices, the Paris Judicial Court, or private arbitration.
With experience as a research engineer in the healthcare sector, he has developed in-depth expertise in medical devices. He helps startups and large companies enhance the value of their innovations through a strategic and technical approach.

Kévin Gbeassor is a Technology Specialist at Plasseraud IP. Graduated from the "Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale" (ESCOM), he studied chemistry and its applications as well as technical engineering sciences, while specializing in marketing and industry management. During his studies, Kévin worked in a Research Institute in the Materials and Biosensors division on a study to improve the conversion to energy of rechargeable batteries with vanadium-based fluxes. He joined Plasseraud IP in 2019.

Jean-Mathieu Chretien is a French and European Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He assists clients in the preparation of new patent applications and operates in the fields of chemistry, pharmacy and organic materials. At the beginning of his career he worked as a research engineer in the field of organic synthesis in the United Kingdom and then at the CNRS. After obtaining his CEIPI diploma, he joined an IP firm in Lyon in 2013 and then worked for SATT Nord, a major valorization of research and technology transfer agency in the north of France.