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Citation: OJ EPO 1999, 50
Online publication date: 27.1.1999
REPRESENTATION

List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office1

AT — Österreich / Austria / Autriche

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Farniok, Christine (AT)

Bender + Co. GesmbH

Patentstelle Wien

Dr.-Boehringer-Straße 5-11

A-1121 Wien

BE — Belgien / Belgium / Belgique

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

De Vleeschauwer, Nathalie Y.L.D. (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

 

Dunleavy, Kevin James (NL)

Hunton & Williams

Avenue Louise 326, B6

B-1050 Brussel

Gault, Nathalie Marie Jeanne (FR)

BVBA Procter & Gamble Europe Sprl

Temselaan 100

B-1853 Strombeek-Bever

Morelle, Evelyne Charlotte Isabelle (BE)

BVBA Procter & Gamble Europe Sprl

Temselaan 100

B-1853 Strombeek-Bever

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Callewaert, Jean (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Claeys, Pierre (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

De Palmenaer, Roger (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Gevers, Jacques (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

 

Gevers, Florent (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Gevers, Marie-José (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Grisar, Daniel (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Pieraerts, Jacques (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Quintelier, Claude (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Schmitz, Yvon (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Van Reet, Joseph (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

Van der Stock, Guy (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

 

Vanderperre, Robert (BE)

Gevers & Vander Haeghen

Livornostraat, 7

B-1060 Brussel

CH — Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Zwickl, Markus (AT)

Novartis AG

Patent- und Markenabteilung

CH-4002 Basel

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Ritscher, Thomas (CH)

Ritscher & Seifert

Patentanwälte

Forchstrasse 452

Postfach

CH-8029 Zürich

Wächter, Roland (CH)

Birkenstrasse 3 A

CH-5442 Fislisbach

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Gros, Florent (FR) - cf. FR

Nestec S.A.

Avenue Nestlé 55

CH-1800 Vevey

Jaconetty, Kenneth Edward (US) - cf. DE

Du Pont de Nemours International SA

Chemin du Pavillon 2

P.O. Box 50

CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex

 

DE — Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Berg, Peter (DE)

Siemens AG

Zentralabteilung Technik

St.-Martin-Straße 76

D-81541 München

Fabry, Bernd (DE)

Henkel KGaA

Patente (VTP)

D-40191 Düsseldorf

Feldmeier, Jürgen (DE)

Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner GbR

Patentanwälte

Bavariaring 4

D-80336 München

Hunekohl, Martin (DE)

MAHLE GmbH

Pragstraße 26-46

D-70376 Stuttgart

Jaconetty, Kenneth Edward (US)

RCA K.G.

Reuter Chemische Apparatebau KG

Engesserstraße 4 b

D-79108 Freiburg i. Br.

Katérle, Axel (DE)

Trautenwolfstraße 1

D-80802 München

 

Kauffmann, Wolfgang Christian (DE)

Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG

Patent- und Lizenzabteilung

Guerrickestraße 7

D-60488 Frankfurt am Main

Kern, Gerbert (DE, CH)

Ganghofer Straße 23

D-82131 Stockdorf

Krieg, Robert Alexander (DE)

Bayer AG

KB-RP Patente und Lizenzen

D-51368 Leverkusen

Rumpler, Wolfgang (DE)

Henkel, Feiler & Hänzel

Patentanwälte

Möhlstraße 37

D-81675 München

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Ahrens, Gabriele (DE)

Am Sportplatz 11

D-38104 Braunschweig

Becker, Eberhard (DE)

Patentanwälte

Kirschner & Kurig

Sollner Straße 38

D-81479 München

Brüning, Rolf (DE)

Lafarge Braas GmbH

Intellectual Property Department

Rembrücker Straße 50

D-63147 Heusenstamm

 

Diehl, Hermann O. Th. (DE)

Diehl Glaeser Hiltl & Partner

Patentanwälte

Postfach 34 01 15

D-80098 München

Frädrich, Wolfgang (DE)

Auergesellschaft GmbH

Patentabteilung

Postfach 620

D-12006 Berlin

Hiltl, Elmar (DE)

Diehl Glaeser Hiltl & Partner

Patentanwälte

Postfach 34 01 15

D-80098 München

Karmann, Klaus-Peter (DE)

Franz-Albert-Straße 28c

D-80999 München

Kirschner, Klaus Dieter (DE)

Patentanwälte

Kirschner & Kurig

Sollner Straße 38

D-81479 München

Leidescher, Thomas (DE)

Diehl, Glaeser, Hiltl & Partner

Patentanwälte

Postfach 34 01 15

D-80098 München

Reber, Gabriele (DE)

  • cf. Ahrens, Gabriele (DE)

 

 

Richter, Bernhard (DE)

Meissner, Bolte & Partner

Karolinenstraße 27

D-90402 Nürnberg

Straus, Alexander (DE)

Patentanwälte

Kirschner & Kurig

Sollner Straße 38

D-81479 München

Thiele, Heinz (DE)

Egersdorfer Straße 7

D-90556 Cadolzburg

Zinken-Sommer, Rainer (DE)

VEAG Vereinigte Energiewerke AG

Patent- und Lizenzwesen

Allee der Kosmonauten 20

D-12651 Berlin

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Vièl, Christof (DE) - cf. FR

Patentanwälte Vièl & Vièl

Postfach 65 04 03

D-66143 Saarbrücken

Wangemann, Horst (DE) - R. 102(1)

Sonsbecker Straße 5

D-40547 Düsseldorf

DK — Dänemark / Denmark / Danemark

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Carlsson, Eva (SE)

Internationalt Patent-Bureau

Hoeje Taastrup Boulevard 23

DK-2630 Taastrup

 

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Thalsoe-Madsen, Kine Birgit (DK)

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals A/S

Fabriksparken 58

DK-2600 Glostrup

FR — Frankreich / France

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Ducreux Bertrand, Marie (FR)

Rhodia Services

25, Quai Paul Doumer

F-92408 Courbevoie Cedex

Gandolfi, Isabelle Françoise (FR)

Cabinet Lavoix

2, Place d'Estienne d'Orves

F-75441 Paris Cedex 09

Gros, Florent (FR)

Pasteur Merieux Connaught

58, Avenue Leclerc

F-69007 Lyon

Vièl, Christof (DE)

Cabinet Vièl

1, rue des Bleuets

F-57520 Grosbliederstroff

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Bernasconi, Jean Raymond (FR)

Cabinet Lavoix

2, Place d'Estienne d'Orves

F-75441 Paris Cedex 09

 

Bonnier, Patrick (FR)

France Télécom

Centre National d'Etudes

des Télécommunications

38-40, rue du Général Leclerc

F-92794 Issy Moulineaux Cedex 9

Colas des Francs, Jean (FR)

511, Route Départementale 113

F-78630 Morainvilliers

Gérardin, Robert Jean René (FR)

PROT' INNOV International SA

Résidence de l'Observatoire

3A, avenue Georges Clemenceau

Boîte Postale 2764

F-51066 Reims Cedex

Gosse, Michel (FR)

Alstom France SA

c/o CEGELEC

Division Prospective et Techniques

5, Avenue Newton

F-92142 Clamart Cedex

Rhein, Alain (FR)

Cabinet Bleger-Rhein

8, Avenue Pierre Mendès France

F-67300 Schiltigheim

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Bloch, Robert (FR) - R. 102(2)a)

Bloch & Associés

2, square de l'Avenue du Bois

F-75116 Paris

 

GB — Vereinigtes Königreich / United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Beacham, Annabel Rose (GB)

Frank B. Dehn & Co.

39 Old Steine

GB-Brighton BN1 1NH

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Abbott, David John (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Adams, Nicola (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Bardo, Julian Eason (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Barry, Patrick James (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Blanco White, Henry Nicholas (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Carter, Caroline Ann (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

 

Clayton, Anthony Nicholas (GB)

Burmah Castrol Trading Limited

Burmah Castrol House

Pipers Way

GB-Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 1RE

Coulson, Antony John (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Darby, David Thomas (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Funnell, Samantha Jane (GB)

Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley

Merlin House

Falconry Court

Baker's Lane

GB-Epping, Essex CM16 5DQ

Graves, Ronald (GB)

24 Fitzwilliam Avenue

Sutton

GB-Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 0EJ

Greaves, Carol Pauline (GB)

C.P. Greaves & Co.

24 A Woodborough Road

GB-Winscombe, North Somerset BS25 1AD

Gymer, Keith Francis (GB)

Page Hargrave

Manfield House

1 Southampton Street

GB-London WC2R 0LR

 

Holt, Michael (GB)

Texas Instrument Limited

P.O. Box 5069

GB-Northampton NN4 7ZE

Legg, Cyrus James Grahame (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Lowther, Deborah Jane (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Mair, Richard Douglas (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Nettleton, John Victor (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Porteous, Alan (GB)

Grant, Spencer, Caisley & Porteous

New Garden House

78 Hatton Garden

GB-London EC1N 8JN

Randall, John Walter (GB)

3 Baileys Lane

Burton Overy

GB-Leicester LE8 9DD

 

Senior, Janet (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Stallard, Gillian Kathleen (GB)

Abel & Imray

20 Red Lion Street

GB-London WC1R 4PQ

Targett, Kenneth Stanley (GB)

48 Meadowsweet Way

GB-Horton Heath, Hampshire SO50 7PD

Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway (GB)

Lucent Technologies UK Ltd

5 Mornington Road

GB-Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU

Williams, Janice (GB)

Brooklands Lodge

Goose Green

GB-Lyndhurst, Hants SO43 7BP

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Matthezing, Robert Maarten (NL) - cf. NL

Shell International Ltd.

Shell Centre

4 York Road

GB-London SE1 7NA

Sommerville, John Henry (GB) - R. 102(1)

Sommerville & Rushton

45 Grosvenor Road

GB-St. Albans, Herts. AL1 3AW

 

Warren, Francis Charles (GB) - R. 102(1)

Undersett House

127 Main Road

GB-Emsworth, Hants PO10 8EY

IT — Italien / Italy / Italie

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Maccalli, Marco (IT)

Mittler & C. s.r.l.

Viale Lombardia 20

I-20131 Milano

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Crugnola, Pietro (IT)

Luppi & Crugnola s.r.l.

Via Corassori 54

I-41100 Modena

Luppi, Luigi (IT)

Luppi & Crugnola s.r.l.

Via Corassori 54

I-41100 Modena

Zavattoni Gusmeroli, Maria Chiara (IT)

  • cf. Zavattoni, Maria Chiara (IT)

 

Zavattoni, Maria Chiara (IT)

Racheli & C. s.r.l.

Viale San Michele del Carso 4

I-20144 Milano

 

NL — Niederlande / Netherlands / Pays-Bas

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Matthezing, Robert Maarten (NL)

Shell International B.V.

Intellectual Property Services

P.O. Box 384

NL-2501 CJ The Hague

Riemens, Roelof Harm (NL)

van Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V.

P.O. Box 3241

NL-2280 GE Rijswijk

van Wermeskerken, Stephanie C. (NL)

Octrooibureau LIOC B.V.

P.O.Box 13363

NL-3507 LJ Utrecht

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Dunleavy, Kevin James (NL) - cf. BE

Intellectual Frontiers

Purmerendstraat 22

NL-6843 AC Arnhem

Rensen, Jan Geert (NL) - R. 102(1)

Zuiderklamp 22

NL-5672 HD Nuenen

Rhijnsburger, J.G. (NL) - R. 102(1)

Noorder Tuindorplaan 53

NL-2015 HJ Haarlem

 

SE — Schweden / Sweden / Suède

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Wahlström, Stig Christer Gunnar (SE)

Astra AB

Patent Department

S-151 85 Södertälje

 

 

 

 

1 All persons on the list of professional representatives are members of the Institute (epi).

Address:

epi Secretariat

Erhardtstrasse 27

D-80331 Munich

Tel. (+49-89)2017080

FAX (+49-89)2021548


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