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Peter de Lange

Peter de Lange

  • Chemistry
  • European and Dutch Patent Attorney
  • Senior Associate

Peter de Lange joined V.O. in 2011. Previously, he completed an internship with the European Patent Office (Boards of Appeal) while studying chemistry and law. Peter qualified as Dutch patent attorney in 2014 and as European patent attorney in 2015.

His technical expertise is broadly in the field of chemistry and nanomaterials. Applications handled by him relate for instance to polymers, coatings, 3D printing, and inorganic and physical chemistry.

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Peter took a BSc in chemistry and MSc in Nanomaterials (2011) and also obtained a degree in law (LLM cum laude in 2011, next to an LLB). For his law degree, he took graduate courses on European patent law, corporate law, insolvency law and international commercial arbitration.

Peter’s approach is characterized by up-to-date knowledge of procedures and case law and current insight into legal developments such as the unitary patent. In addition, he is eager to learn about new technologies.

Working experience

  • Patent Attorney, V.O.

Education

  • MSc in Chemistry, Utrecht University (2011)
  • LLM in Law, Utrecht University (2011, cum laude)

Directories

  • Ranked as ‘Notable Practitioner’ (IP Stars, 2022)

Publications

  • P. de Lange, ‘The modern problem-solution approach’, epi information, issue 2-2021
  • P. de Lange, ‘Novelty, added subject-matter, and the ‘gold standard’, epi information, issue 4-2020
  • Co-author Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention ed. 2018, 2019, Kluwer (the only regularly updated authoritative article-by-article commentary in English on the European Patent Convention).
  • Contributor to Visser’s Annotated Patent Convention, the 2018 Edition, previously known as the Annotated European Patent Convention, published 15 December 2018.
  • P. de Lange ‘De apothekersvrijstelling in de ROW (alsnog)’, IE-Forumnl 14.02.2019 (IEF 18232).
  • ‘The core of Rule 137(5) EPC is non-unity, not forbidding claims for unsearched subject-matter’, epi Information, June 2018.
  • “Overdracht en overdraagbaarheid van prioriteitsrechten in de ROW” , Berichten IE, July 2018.
  • Co-author review article ‘ Patent law 2016’, BIE March/April 2017.
  • Article ‘ Priority in the Dutch Patent Act: too strict requirements and not enough protection in view of the PLT’, BIE December 2015.
  • Co-author of article ‘The Enlarged Board of Appeal opts for a restricted application of Art. 84 EPC in opposition’, BIE May 2015.
  • Article ‘Securing evidence across borders in EU patent litigation’, IP Value 2014.

Languages

  • English
  • Dutch

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News

Enlarged Board of Appeal rules on plausibility

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued a ruling on “plausibility” on 23 March 2023. Peter de Lange, patent attorney at V.O.: “For practice, this is an important ruling, especially for pharma, life sciences and chemistry. In those fields, you always have to check whether the client has sufficient experimental data […]Continue reading

New European patent system launched

As of 1 June, the new European patent system is in force and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) finally opens its doors. This completes the preparations that had begun back in 1975 to create a truly European patent court.Continue reading

The Legal Quick Scan – your documents in order

Within your organization, various legal documents circulate daily – from employment contract to license and NDA. But is your company’s intellectual property contractually well regulated in these documents­? With the Legal Quick Scan we can assess this for you quickly and at a fixed rate.Continue reading

Events

Grand Finale UT Entrepreneurial Challenge 2023

Muziekcentrum Enschede, Noorderhagen, Enschede

Since 2017, the UT Entrepreneurial Challenge has offered students the opportunity to further develop their own ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans. The main goal and mission is to challenge students to come up with great innovative solutions to societal problems out-of-the-box, and translate them into real products and business plans.

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Grand Finale WUR ReThink Waste Challenge 2023

Omnia Auditorium, Hoge Steeg, Wageningen, Netherlands

Six months ago, 190 students from 33 different countries started their journey with the ReThink Waste Challenge to come up with a circular and biobased innovation to reduce, reuse or recycle waste. After two milestone reports, entrepreneurial trainings and several workshops, only 46 of them are still in the competition. The top 10 teams are now preparing to face the Rethink Waste Challenge Jury on 21 June during the Grand Finals.

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Grand Finale TU/e Contest 2023

Auditorium, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Each year, the TU/e Contest offers students the opportunity to further develop their own ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans. The main goal and mission is to challenge students to come up with great innovative solutions to societal problems out-of-the-box, and translate them into real products and business plans.

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