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Citation: OJ EPO 2000, 421
Online publication date: 28.8.2000
REPRESENTATION

List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office1

BE — Belgien / Belgium / Belgique

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Bairiot-Delcoux, Mariette (BE)

Rue du Joncquoy, 5

B-1457 Walhain

Callewaert, Jean (BE)

Bureau Callawaert b.v.b.a.

Brusselsesteenweg 108

B-3090 Overijse

CH — Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Holmes, Miles Keeton (GB)

Novapat International S.A.

9, rue du Valais

CH-1202 Genève

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Falk, Urs (CH)

Patentanwaltsbüro Dr. Urs Falk

Eichholzweg 9 a

CH-6312 Steinhausen

Hoechst, Bruno Werner (DE)

Vantico AG

Klybeckstrasse 200

CH-4057 Basel

Jörchel, Dietrich R.A. (CH)

Chemin de Bédex 9 F

CH-1226 Thônex-Genève

Wächter, Roland (CH)

PPS Polyvalent Patent Service AG

Walrütistrasse 21

CH-8954 Geroldswil

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Widmer, Serge (CH) - R. 102(1)

SIGA Management AG

Gotthardstrasse 52

CH-8002 Zürich

DE — Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Dettmer, Heike (DE)

DuPont de Nemours

(Deutschland) GmbH

Dornhofstraße 10

D-63257 Neu-Isenburg

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Grunert, Marcus (DE)

Hössle & Kudlek

Holzstraße 26

D-80469 München

Günther, Constantin (DE)

Volkswagen AG

Patentwesen

Brieffach 1770

D-38436 Wolfsburg

Hartmann, Heinrich (DE)

Kreutzkamp 6 b

D-21465 Reinbek

Kann, Wolfgang (DE)

DuPont Performance Coatings

GmbH & Co KG

Christbusch 25

D-42285 Wuppertal

Körner, Ekkehard (DE)

Patentanwalt

Dipl.-Ing. Ekkehard Körner

Bavariaring 20

D-80336 München

Lettau, Christoph (DE)

Lorenz - Seidler - Gossel

Widenmayerstraße 23

D-80538 München

Söltenfuß, Dirk Christian (DE)

Morassistraße 8/II

D-80469 München

von Laue, Hanns-Ulrich (DE)

Karlstraße 2

D-21244 Buchholz

Zinken-Sommer, Rainer (DE)

Deutsche Bahn AG

Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum

Patent-/Lizenzwesen

Völckerstraße 5

D-80939 München

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Eder, Eugen (DE) - R. 102(1)

Eder & Schieschke

Patentanwälte

Elisabethstraße 34/II

D-80796 München

Rohrhurst, Wolfgang (DE) - R. 102(1)

Albrecht-Dürer-Straße 24

D-81543 München

Schmidt-Bogatzky, Jürgen (DE) - R. 102(2)a)

Lüneburger Tor 4

D-21073 Hamburg

DK — Dänemark / Denmark / Danemark

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

van Walstijn, Bartholomeus G.G. (NL)

Budde, Schou & Ostenfeld A/S

Vester Søgade 10

DK-1601 Copenhagen V

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Kaufmann, Frantz (DK)

Danisco Cultor Innovation

Edwin Rahr Vej 38

DK-8220 Brabrand

Ryberg, Lise Abildgaard (DK)

ProFound Pharma A/S

Agern Allé 1

DK-2970 Hørsholm

Salka, Jeffrey (US)

ProFound Pharma A/S

Agern Allé 1

DK-2970 Hørsholm

FI — Finnland / Finland / Finlande

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Baltscheffsky, Arne Johan Gustaf (FI)

Mäntymäentie 8

FIN-02700 Kauniainen

FR — Frankreich / France

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Bugnon-Hays, Claudine (FR)

22, rue du Général Foy

F-75008 Paris

Colombier, Christian (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Croonenbroek, Thomas Jakob (DE)

Valeo Securité Habitacle

42, rue Le Corbusier

F-94042 Créteil Cedex

Dang, Doris (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Domange, Maxime (FR)

Cabinet Beau de Loménie

232, Avenue du Prado

F-13295 Marseille Cedex 08

Hartmann, Jean-Luc (FR)

Rinuy Santarelli

Immeuble Innopolis A

B.P. 388

F-31314 Labege Cedex

Hervouet, Sylvie (FR)

Valeo Vision

34, rue Saint André

F-93012 Bobigny Cedex

Leboulenger, Jean (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Luziau, Nelly (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Martin, Jean-Paul (FR)

4, impasse des Bouvreuils

F-95520 Osny

Neel, Henry (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Ohresser, François (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Rieux, Michel (FR)

Atofina

D.C.R.D./D.P.I.

4, Cours Michelet

La Défense 10

F-92091 Paris La Défense Cedex

Tezier Herman, Béatrice (FR)

Cabinet Lavoix

2, place d'Estienne d'Orves

F-75441 Paris Cedex 09

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Thrierr, Françoise (FR) - R. 102(1)

98, rue Pierre Demours

F-75017 Paris

GB — Vereinigtes Königreich / United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni

Eintragungen / Entries / Inscriptions

Wilding, Frances Ward (GB)

Haseltine Lake & Co

Imperial House

15 - 19 Kingsway

GB-London WC2B 6UD

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Atkinson, Jonathan David Mark (GB)

Urquhart-Dykes & Lord

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

Chalk, Anthony John (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

Clayton-Hathway, Anthony Nicholas (GB)

Burmah Castrol Trading Limited

Burmah Castrol House

Pipers Way

GB-Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 1RE

Clayton, Anthony Nicholas (GB)

cf. Clayton-Hathway, A.N. (GB)

 

Cleeve, James Harold Findlay (GB)

Tierney

Bentons Lane

Dial Post

GB-Tierney, West Sussex RH13 8NW

Couchman, Jonathan Hugh (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

Evens, Paul Jonathan (GB)

Maguire Boss

5 Crown Street

GB-St. Ives, Cambridge PE27 5EB

Gibson, Sara Hillary Margaret (GB)

ICI Chemicals & Polymers Limited

Synetix Intellectual Property Dept

P.O. Box 1

Balasis Avenue

GB-Billingham, Cleveland TS23 1LB

Gilholm, Stephen Philip (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

Gratwick, Christopher (GB)

ICI Chemicals & Polymers Limited

Synetix Intellectual Property Dept

P.O. Box 1

Balasis Avenue

GB-Billingham, Cleveland TS23 1LB

Greene, Simon Kenneth (GB)

Maguire Boss

5 Crown Street

GB-St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5EB

Harrison, Michael Robert (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

Kirsch, Susan Edith (GB)

Carpmaels & Ransford

43 Bloomsbury Square

GB-London WC1A 2RA

Mackenzie, Andrew Bryan (GB)

Sommerville & Rushton

45 Grosvenor Road

GB-St. Albans, Hertfodshire AL1 3AW

Maguire, Peter Albert (GB)

Maguire Boss

5 Crown Street

GB-St. Ives, Cambridge PE27 5EB

Messulam, Alec Moses (GB)

A. Messulam & Co. Ltd.

43-45 High Road

GB-Bushey Heath, Herts. WD2 1EE

Nunn, Andrew Dominic (GB)

Johnson Matthey

Technology Centre

Blount's Court

GB-Reading, Berkshire RG4 9NH

Oliver, Peter Anthony (GB)

Boult Wade Tennant

Verulam Gardens

70 Gray's Inn Road

GB-London WC1X 8BT

Savidge, Roger Gordon Madgwick (GB)

Rhodia Consumer Specialties Limited

Patents Department

P.O. Box 3

210-222 Hagley Road West

GB-Oldbury, West Midlands B68 0NN

Somers, Harold Arnold (GB)

Esso Engineering (Europe) Limited

Patents and Licences

Mailpoint 12

Esso House - Ermyn Way

GB-Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8XE

Sparrow, Alvar Alfred (GB)

Plot 2

Coleshill Road

GB-Curdworth, West Midlands B76 9HP

Stanley, David William (GB)

Stanleys

Intellectual Property

Kings Court

12 Kings Street

GB-Leeds LS1 2HL

Vaughan, Christopher Tammo (GB)

Harrison Goddard Foote

Tower House

Merrion Way

GB-Leeds LS2 8PA

White, Martin Paul (GB)

Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co.

Commonwealth House

1-19 New Oxford Street

GB-London WC1A 1LW

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Holmes, Miles Keeton (GB) - cf. CH

D. Young & Co.

21 New Fetter Lane

GB-London EC4A 1DA

IT — Italien / Italy / Italie

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Agostini, Agostino (IT)

Dragotti & Associati srl

Via Paris Bordone, 9

I-31100 Treviso

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Pasqualetti, Adriano (IT) - R. 102(2)a)

Montedison S.p.A.

Legal Department

Piazzetta Bossi 3

I-20121 Milano

NL — Niederlande / Netherlands / Pays-Bas

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Hansen, Willem Joseph Maria (NL)

Corus Staal B.V.

Industrial Property Department

P.O. Box 10000

NL-1970 CA IJmuiden

Herman de Groot, Johan Willem (NL)

Corus Staal B.V.

Industrial Property Department

P.O. Box 10 000

NL-1970 CA IJmuiden

Kruit, Jan (NL)

Corus Staal B.V.

Industrial Property Department

P.O. Box 10000

NL-1970 CA IJmuiden

Visser-Luirink, Gesina (NL)

LIOC

Octrooibureau LIOC B.V.

Postbus 13363

NL-3507 LJ Utrecht

Löschungen / Deletions / Radiations

Zuidema, Bert (NL) - R. 102(1)

Corus Staal B.V.

Industrial Property Department

P.O. Box 10000

NL-1970 CA IJmuiden

SE — Schweden / Sweden / Suède

Änderungen / Amendments / Modifications

Ås Sivborg, Susanne Birgitta (SE)

AB Electrolux

Group Intellectual Property

S-105 45 Stockholm

Larsson, Birgitta (SE)

AstraZeneca AB

Global Intellectual Property

Patents

S-151 85 Södertälje

 

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

Address:

epi Secretariat

Im Tal 29

D-80331 Munich

Tel.: (+49-89)2017080

FAX: (+49-89)2021548

e-mail: info@patentepi.com


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