EPOの拡大審判部への新たな付託: 同一出願人、同一発明について2つの特許を付与することは可能か?
審判部(T318/14)は、ダブルパテントの禁止について拡大審判部に付託した。
審判部は、国際出願WO-2010/130661に基づく欧州特許出願EP10718590.2がEPC第97条(2)項に基づき「EPC第125条に関連して」拒絶された審査部の決定に対する審判を受けた。
審判部(T318/14)は、ダブルパテントの禁止について拡大審判部に付託した。
審判部は、国際出願WO-2010/130661に基づく欧州特許出願EP10718590.2がEPC第97条(2)項に基づき「EPC第125条に関連して」拒絶された審査部の決定に対する審判を受けた。
Charlotte is a European patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. She works mainly on mechanical inventions, particularly in the fields of medical devices, consumer goods, industrial technologies and automotive components. She is involved in freedom-to-operate, drafting, validation and infringement of patents. Following a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a year’s experience within a company focused on the development of medical devices, Charlotte joined Plasseraud IP in 2019.
Alexandre est Ingénieur Brevets au sein de Plasseraud IP. Il intervient en matière de brevets principalement dans les secteurs des télécommunications, de l’énergie, de l’informatique et de l’optique. Il s’est spécialisé dans la protection des inventions mettant en œuvre des programmes d’ordinateurs, ainsi que dans la procédure de demandes de brevet pour de telles inventions devant les Offices, notamment en Europe et aux Etats-Unis. Auparavant, Alexandre a travaillé pendant deux ans au sein d’un cabinet de conseil en propriété intellectuelle parisien.
David Tucapsky is a European and Czech Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He advises publics institutes, SMEs and large international groups in the protection and defense of their patent portfolio, from filing to granting as well as oppositions procedures. His portfolio includes clients in the aerospace, automotive, optics and electronics fields. He studied at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Ostrava and his field of study was focused on Aviation Technology, respectively on Air Operation Technology and Transport Equipment and Technology.
Jan Vondras is a freelance IP consultant based in Prague, with whom Plasseraud IP has been working since 2024. A qualified European Patent Attorney and Czech Patent Attorney, Jan Vondras has held technical management positions in various international industrial companies in the USA, Great Britain, China, the Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands. He has been involved in research and development in the fields of scientific instruments, automotive components, internal combustion engines and safety systems for hydrocarbon production. Jan is the inventor of numerous inventions.
After obtaining his Master’s Degree in Mobile Telecommunications, Kirt Zhang worked in the Research Laboratory of a Taiwanese Telecommunications Company in Shanghai, China, as a Core Research Engineer of the antenna design department working on projects related to mobile technologies such as CDMA,GSM, BT, WIMAX, GPS, and WIFI. He joined Plasseraud IP Limited (Shanghai), in 2008.
Dongxu (Clark) Wang received a bachelor degree in Energy and Power Engineering (Thermal Engineering) from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in 2017, before joining Shanghai Shentie Jieneng Information Technology Co., Ltd. as an operation engineer. He was mainly responsible for the maintenance of large air conditioning equipment at high-speed railway stations. Since 2018 he is a technology specialist in the field of mechanics and electricity in the patent department of Plasseraud IP Limited (Shanghai).
Sam Shao received his Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai University, a 211 Leading Academic Discipline Project Education Program in China. Prior to joining Cabinet Plasseraud’s Shanghai office, Plasseraud IP Limited (Shanghai) in 2012, Sam worked as an intern with Shanghai Shen-Mei Beverage & Food Co., Ltd. (Coca-Cola Shanghai) in Device Department, in 2011. And Sam worded as an intern with Parker Hannifin (Shanghai) in Global Sourcing Department, in 2011.