Laurence Loumes is a European and French Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. She is also qualified to the USPTO and the Canadian Patent Office.
She spent 14 years in the US and Canada before joining Plasseraud IP, and has almost 15 years of experience of patent drafting, prosecution, patent validity and infringement opinions. Laurence holds a Ph.D. in fluid mechanics from Caltech and an LL.M. from Berkeley. During her Ph.D., she developed a heart pump model based on the embryonic heart. Since then, she has been advising clients on various medical device technologies, including in opposition proceedings and litigation before the French courts.
Laurence joined Plasseraud IP in 2017.

Laurence Loumes
French Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Qualified as US Patent Agent
Qualified as Canadian Patent Agent
UPC Representative
Location
Contact
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 16 70 00
Expertise:
Practice areas
Mechanics
Physics
Medical Devices
Education
UC Berkeley – School of Law, LL.M.
California Institute of Technology, M.Sc. & Ph.D.
Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Engineering
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish
Awards
IAM Patent 1000 2023, Recommended Individual in Prosecution
Laurence Loumes
Patents

The French utility model “certificat d’utilité” (literally utility certificate) is a property title (...)
Article
Laurence Loumes , Mathias Robert
Patents, Mechanics - Electronics - IT

The first hurdle to patent an invention in the USA is to pass the patent eligibility bar of 35 U.S.C (...)
Newsletter March 2020
Laurence Loumes
Patents, Mechanics - Electronics - IT

As AI creeps into our daily lives, new sets of questions are forcing us to revaluate the boundaries (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

The EPO and the USPTO have issued recent decisions to expand the use of e-signatures, including the (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

Focus: Claim drafting – My claim is rejected for missing an essential element
The EP standpoint
A cl (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

Introduction
Climate change has emerged as a global crisis, with increasing reports of climate-relat (...)
Newsletter January 2022
Laurence Loumes
Patents

In 2019, a series of new laws came into force with the goal of strengthening the French economy. The (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

The French utility model “certificat d’utilité” (literally utility certificate) is a property title (...)
Article
Laurence Loumes , Mathias Robert
Patents, Mechanics - Electronics - IT

The first hurdle to patent an invention in the USA is to pass the patent eligibility bar of 35 U.S.C (...)
Newsletter March 2020
Laurence Loumes
Patents, Mechanics - Electronics - IT

As AI creeps into our daily lives, new sets of questions are forcing us to revaluate the boundaries (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

The EPO and the USPTO have issued recent decisions to expand the use of e-signatures, including the (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

Focus: Claim drafting – My claim is rejected for missing an essential element
The EP standpoint
A cl (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

Introduction
Climate change has emerged as a global crisis, with increasing reports of climate-relat (...)
Newsletter January 2022
Laurence Loumes
Patents

In 2019, a series of new laws came into force with the goal of strengthening the French economy. The (...)
Laurence Loumes
Patents

The French utility model “certificat d’utilité” (literally utility certificate) is a property title (...)
Article
Laurence Loumes , Mathias Robert
Patents, Mechanics - Electronics - IT

The first hurdle to patent an invention in the USA is to pass the patent eligibility bar of 35 U.S.C (...)