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Pages 545-549

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Citation: OJ EPO 1996, 545
Online publication date: 30.9.1996
REPRESENTATION

List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office*

AT — Österreich / Austria / Autriche

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Babeluk, Michael (AT)

Patentanwälte Babeluk - Krause

Mariahilfer Gürtel 39/17

A-1150 Wien

Krause, Walter (AT)

Patentanwälte Babeluk - Krause

Mariahilfer Gürtel 39/17

A-1150 Wien

 

BE — Belgien / Belgium / Belgique

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Lechien, Monique (FR)

330, rue François Gay

B-1150 Bruxelles

Voortmans, Gilbert J.L. (BE)

3M Europe S.A./N.V.

OIPC

Hermeslaan 7

B-1821 Diegem

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Debetencourt, Jean-Jacques (BE) - cf. FR

GEVERS Patents S.A.

Brussels Airport Business Park

Holidaystraat 5

B-1831 Diegem

CH — Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Alder, Ulrich (CH)

Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

Balass, Valentin (CH)

Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

 

Menzl, Anna (CH)

Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

Nielsen, Hans Joachim Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

Rutz, Peter (CH)

Siemens Schweiz AG

Patente

Postfach

CH-8047 Zürich

Schaad, Walter F. (CH)

Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

Steinegger, Peter (CH)

Patentanwälte

Schaad, Balass, Menzl & Partner AG

Dufourstrasse 101

Postfach

CH-8034 Zürich

Travnicek, Richard (AT)

Gartenstraße 34

CH-8102 Oberengstringen

 

Wächter, Roland (CH)

Siemens Schweiz AG

Patente

Postfach

CH-8047 Zürich

DE — Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Utermann, Jasper (DE)

Unterherrnhausen 3

D-82547 Eurasburg

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Albrecht, Ralf (DE)

Patentanwälte Paul & Albrecht

Fichtestraße 18

D-41464 Neuss

Bott-Bodenhausen, Manno (DE)

Seifensiedergasse 4

D-85570 Markt Schwaben

Däsch, Götz (DE)

Robert-Friese-Straße 12

D-07629 Hermsdorf

Ernesti, Wilhelm (DE)

Schneiders - Behrendt -

Finkener - Ernesti

Rechtsanwälte - Patentanwälte

Südring 8

D-44787 Bochum

 

Finkener, Ernst Eberhard (DE)

Schneiders - Behrendt -

Finkener - Ernesti

Rechtsanwälte - Patentanwälte

Südring 8

D-44787 Bochum

Freier, Rüdiger (DE)

Tergau & Pohl

Patentanwälte

Mögeldorfer Hauptstraße 51

D-90482 Nürnberg

Führing, Dieter (DE)

Avenariusstraße 24

D-90409 Nürnberg

Grau, Gudrun (DE)

Altkaditz 1

D-01139 Dresden

Habbel, Ludwig (Lutz) (DE)

Habbel & Habbel

Patentanwälte

Postfach 3429

D-48019 Münster

Lange, Heinke (DE)

Fabrikzeile 21

D-95028 Hof

Metzler, Jürgen (DE)

Reinhard-Skuhra-Weise & Partner

Patentanwälte

Postfach 44 01 51

D-80750 München

 

Ricker, Mathias (DE)

Bardehle-Pagenberg-Dost-Altenburg-

Frohwitter-Geissler & Partner

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Postfach 86 06 20

D-81633 München

Ruschke, Olaf (DE)

Ruschke Hartmann Becker

Patentanwälte

Pienzenauerstraße 2

D-81679 München

Schüßler, Andrea (DE)

Kanzlei Huber & Schüßler

Truderinger Straße 246

D-81825 München

Serr, Egbert (DE)

Bismarckstraße 49

D-67059 Ludwigshafen

Specht, Peter (DE)

Patentanwälte Herrmann-Trentepohl

Kirschner Grosse Bockhorni & Partne

Forstenrieder Allee 59

D-81476 München

Stoffregen, Hans-Herbert (DE)

Patentanwalt Dipl.-Phys.

Dr. Hans-Herbert Stoffregen

Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 11 b

D-63450 Hanau

Tesch, Rudolf (DE)

Postfach 1322

D-79344 Endingen

 

Vièl, Christof (DE)

Vièl & Vièl Patentanwälte

Postfach 65 04 03

D-66143 Saarbrücken

Vièl, Georg (DE)

Vièl & Vièl Patentanwälte

Postfach 65 04 03

D-66143 Saarbrücken

 

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Schwarzkopf, Karl-Heinz (DE) - R. 102(1)

Hermann-Duncker-Straße 45

D-06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg

DK — Dänemark / Denmark / Danemark

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Ryberg, Lise Abildgaard (DK)

c/o Novo Nordisk A/S

Corporate Patents

Novo Allé

DK-2880 Bagsvaerd

Sörensen, Lise Abildgaard (DK) -

cf. Ryberg, Lise Abildgaard

ES — Spanien / Spain / Espagne

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Pipino Martinez, Carlos Cesar (ES)

Pipino y Associados Abogados S.L.

Calle Almagro, 31-2.o-Dcha

E-28010 Madrid

 

FI — Finnland / Finland / Finlande

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti (FI)

Nokia Telecommunications Oy

P.O. Box 12

FIN-02611 Espoo

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Hjelt, Dag Silvio Hjalmar Andrea (FI)

Borenius & Co Oy Ab

Folkskolegränd 3

FIN-00100 Helsingfors

Hjelt, Pia Dorrit Helene (FI)

Borenius & Co Oy Ab

Kansakoulukuja 3

FIN-00100 Helsinki

Honkanen, Jukka Samuli (FI)

Compatent Patent Agency

Teollisuuskatu 33

P.O. Box 156

FIN-00511 Helsinki

Lönnqvist, Gunnel Solveig Kristina (FI)

Borenius & Co Oy Ab

Kansakoulukuja 3

FIN-00100 Helsinki

Ruuskanen, Juha-Pekka (FI)

Borenius & Co Oy Ab

Kansakoulukuja 3

FIN-00100 Helsinki

 

Savela, Antti-Jussi Tapani (FI)

Compatent Patent Agency

Teollisuuskatu 33

P.O. Box 156

FIN-00511 Helsinki

Souter, George Robert Fraser (GB)

Borenius & Co Oy Ab

Kansakoulukuja 3

FIN-00100 Helsinki

FR — Frankreich / France

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Debetencourt, Jean-Jacques (BE)

30, rue des Mouettes

F-59240 Dunkerque

GB — Vereinigtes Königreich / United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Atkinson, John David (GB)

33 Sandringham Road

GB-Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 1QB

Baker, Karen Veronica (GB)

Baker Associates

Intellectual Property Law Offices

P.O. Box 158

GB-Huntingdon PE18 7PP

Buttrick, Richard (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

 

Colmer, Stephen Gary (GB)

Mobil Services Company Limited

Office of Legal Counsel

European IP Group

3 Clements Inn, Mobil Court

GB-London WC2A 2EB

De'Ath, Walter Thomas (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Dutton, Erica L. G. (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

England, Christopher David (GB)

Astra Patents

Astra Charnwood

Bakewell Road

GB-Loughborough, Leicesters. LE11 5RH

Evershed, Michael (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Gambell, Derek (GB)

D Gambell & Co

Keeley House Business Centre

22/30 Keeley Road

GB-Croydon, Surrey CR0 1TE

 

Garrison, Christopher Sinclair (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Gymer, Keith Francis (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Hibbert, Juliet Jane Grace (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Hollinghurst, Antony (GB)

B.S.G. International plc

Patent Department

Factory 1

Castle Trading Estate

GB-Portchester, Hampshire PO16 9SU

Jewess, Michael (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Leng, Francis Edward (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London WC1E 6BA

 

Lidbetter, Timothy Guy Edwin (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Lloyd, Barry George William (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Purell, Kevin John (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Roberts, Peter William (GB)

Mobil Services Company Limited

Office of Legal Counsel

European IP Group

3 Clements Inn, Mobil Court

GB-London WC2A 2EB

Roberts, Simon Christopher (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Semos, Robert Ernest Vickers (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

 

Thomas, Mair Denise (GB)

Marks & Clerk

24 Athol Street

GB-Douglas, Isle of Man

Wells, David (GB)

BT Group Legal Services

Intellectual Property Department

8th Floor, Holborn Centre

120 Holborn

GB-London EC1N 2TE

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Thorpe, Brian (GB) - R. 102(1)

Forrester Ketley & Co.

Chamberlain House

Paradise Place

GB-Birmingham B3 3HP

IT — Italien / Italy / Italie

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Crisafulli, Emilio (IT)

Viale San Gimignano, 12

I-20146 Milano

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Collenza, Francesco (IT) - R. 102(1)

c/o Comitato Nazionale

per l'Energia Nucleare (CNEN)

V.le R. Margherita, 125

I-00198 Roma

 

NL — Niederlande / Netherlands / Pays-Bas

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Beetz, Tom (NL)

Akzo Nobel N.V.

Patent and Trademark Department

P.O. BOX 9300

NL-6800 SB Arnhem

 

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* Alle in der Liste der zugelassenen Vertreter eingetragenen Personen sind Mitglieder des Instituts (EPI).

Anschrift:

EPI-Generalsekretariat

Erhardtstraße 27

D-80331 München

Tel. (+49-89)2017080

Tx. 5/216834


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