Raphaël Fleurance is a Partner and Head of the Lyon office at Plasseraud IP. He is a French and European Patent and Trademark Attorney. He works in the areas of chemistry, physics and medtech, for the drafting, prosecution and defense of patents, trademarks and designs, as well as IP contracts. He began his career in the Direction Générale de l’Armement for a year. Then, he moved to the IP department of Salomon (sport equipments) in 1986/1987 and afterwards he worked for three years at the IP department of Roquette Frères, a leading multinational firm in the agrochemical industry.

Ina Schreiber is a Partner at Plasseraud IP since 2012. After her university studies, Ina Schreiber started her career in the IP department of Peugeot before joining Plasseraud IP in 2004. Ina intervenes in the preparation and the obtaining of patents as well as in disputes in the domains of chemistry, materials, pharmaceuticals and agribusiness. Ina worked for 8 years in the Lille office of Plasseraud IP and has thus acquired a great experience in supporting companies with little or no in-house intellectual property expertise.

Frédéric Niemann is a partner and Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He joined Plasseraud IP in 2005 where he is active in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacy, chemistry and medtech. He was an examiner at the European Patent Office from 2000 to 2005 (in The Hague). He was specialized in the fields of biotechnology (gene therapy, vaccines, and diagnostics).

Eric Gruson is a Patent Attorney and Partner at Plasseraud IP. He joined the firm in 2010 and became a Partner in 2018. He has extensive experience in obtaining patents and litigation in the various fields of mechanics and computer science (e.g. drilling, computer simulation, bioinformatics tools, telecommunications and cryptography). He was dealing with numerous cases of infringement before French courts and numerous appeals before the EPO. Eric also provides training about employee inventions, software patentability and counterfeit seizures on a regular basis.

Denis Boubal is a partner and Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He specializes predominately in the mechanical field, both in patent proceedings and litigation matters. After obtaining a Master of Science in Manufacturing degree, he practiced for seven years in an IP firm. He joined Plasseraud IP in 2011.

Catherine Touati is a Patent Attorney and a Partner at Plasseraud IP. She is involved in the fields of chemistry, cosmetics, food processing, and more specifically in pharmacy and phytopharmacy. She deals with case files, conducts freedom of operation studies and manages litigation files. She has developed a particular expertise in Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) and Plant Variety Rights (PVR). She joined Plasseraud IP in 1996, after a first four-year experience in an IP law firm, where she trained in patent and trademark law. She became a Partner in 2011.

Denis Bourgarel is Partner and Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He is active in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacy and biochemistry, particularly in the field of Proprietary Variety Protection Certificate (PVPC). Prior to joining Plasseraud IP in 2010, he worked in consulting as a patent attorney in a Paris office from 2000 to 2004. He then spent six years in the patent department of Novartis, where he managed a portfolio of patents for biological molecules in the development phase (antibodies and other therapeutic proteins).

Albert Hassine is a partner and Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. He specializes in software protection with applications as varied as telecommunications, image processing and bioinformatics. He also gives training courses on software protection in Europe (patentability, copyright, licensing of "free" software). Albert Hassine started in IP in 1996.

Eric Burbaud is a Partner at Plasseraud IP. He joined the firm in 1993, where he became a Partner in 2000. He mainly works in the fields of mechanics, physics, electricity and electronics (in particular in automotive, consumer products, medical imaging, airo space, IOT, telecommunications, luxury, advertising industry) as well as in the field of preparation and obtaining of patents, litigation and contracts.

Bertrand Loisel is a member of Plasseraud IP's Executive Committee. 

An Industrial Property Attorney and European Patent Attorney, he heads the firm's Mechanics-Electronics-Computing department. He supports major players and innovative companies in the IT, telecoms and construction sectors in their industrial property strategy, in the technical fields of mechanics, IT and electricity. He advises and litigates, representing clients in oppositions before the European Patent Office, and in infringement cases before French and foreign courts.