After his studies, he joined Nitto, a Japanese multinational advanced materials company, where he held various positions in Belgium, Japan, America and Germany. At Nitto, he was also part of the EMEA Business Development team, whose responsibilities included identifying new technological application opportunities in various industries. Since 2023, he works as a trainee patent attorney at V.O. Patents & Trademarks.
MSc in chemical technology, Catholic University of Leuven (2008-2010)
BSc in chemical technology, Catholic University of Leuven (2005-2009)
Patents
Hoebers Charly, Plessers Senne, “Electrically Switchable Adhesives for the Application on Skin and Related Products and Uses”, International Patent Application no. WO2021180809A1.
Plessers Senne, Jacobs Dirk, Dassen Ronny, Awouters Erwin, “Adhesive Tape for Automatic Reel Change”, International Patent Application no. WO2019190525A1.
It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing, on 14 April, of our dear colleague and partner, Mark Einerhand. Mark joined V.O. in 1998 and has made a lasting contribution to the success of our firm.Continue reading
As of 1 April 2025, the validation agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Lao PDR has entered into force. As a result, granted European patents can now be validated in Laos according to that country’s national patent law.Continue reading
In my work as a patent attorney, I notice that there is a lot of confusion among inventors about the requirements for a patent. Many inventors seem to be under the impression that patents are only granted for “breakthrough inventions”, such as the mRNA technology underlying – among others – the Covid vaccines, or novel […]Continue reading
Each year, the TU Delft Impact 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.