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.

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).

Faye Fei holds a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property Law from the Intellectual Property Institute of Shanghai University and passed the Chinese Bar Examination in 2013. Prior to joining Plasseraud IP’s Shanghai office in 2013, Faye worked as a Legal Assistant in Sunray Intellectual Property Attorneys in 2012 and interned at General Electric (China) Company in 2010. Faye also worked in Kings Island in the United States in 2010.

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).

Seowon Park is a Korean IP Attorney within Plasseraud IP. Head of Korea Team, she is a graduate of Yonsei University in Korea, where she studied biology. She began her career in a Korean intellectual property company where she was responsible for prosecutions and appeals in the fields of chemistry, pharmacy and biology. She also has several years of experience in public organisations and as an internal consultant in the chemical industry. She joined Plasseraud IP in 2017.

Antoine Pagies is a European Patent Attorney. After a PhD in Micro and Nanotechnology for the DGA and Thales Airborne Systems on optoelectronic components, Antoine Pagies worked for one year as a Test Engineer at an aeronautical subcontractor for Structural Certification (mechanical and materials) of aircraft parts. Then, he worked for several years at the CNRS as an R & D engineer in optics / photonics / semiconductors before joining Plasseraud IP in July 2018.

Vincent Girard is a French & European Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He is involved in the fields of chemistry, materials and energy as well as in the preparation and obtaining of patents. After his studies as a chemical engineer, he specialized in materials sciences by completing a doctorate at IFP Energies Nouvelles. He joined the world of Intellectual Property and Plasseraud IP in 2013.