Full Bio Alain Dumont has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in November 2023. His technical focus is in electronics. Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyNovember 1989 - September 2004: European Patent Office (EPO) substantive examiner (main technical fields: digital electronic circuits and coding) and auditor in the "Harmonisation and Quality" Directorate2004 - 2005: EPO Boards of Appeal: assistant to Board 3.5.1 (main technical field: computer-implemented inventions)October 2005 - October 2023: EPO Boards of Appeal: technical member of Board 3.5.04 (main technical fields: image processing and transmission) Professional Experience in Science1986-1988: assistant at Laboratoire d’Électronique (UCL, Belgium) 1989: engineer at the Régie des Télégraphes & Téléphones (now Belgacom) Education1981-1986: Civil engineering Electricity / Electronics (UCL, Belgium)1993 (three months): "Praktikum Extern" in the patent department of DASA (formerly AEGTelefunken), Ulm, Germany: patents and trademarks
Full Bio Alain Dumont has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in November 2023. His technical focus is in electronics. Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyNovember 1989 - September 2004: European Patent Office (EPO) substantive examiner (main technical fields: digital electronic circuits and coding) and auditor in the "Harmonisation and Quality" Directorate2004 - 2005: EPO Boards of Appeal: assistant to Board 3.5.1 (main technical field: computer-implemented inventions)October 2005 - October 2023: EPO Boards of Appeal: technical member of Board 3.5.04 (main technical fields: image processing and transmission) Professional Experience in Science1986-1988: assistant at Laboratoire d’Électronique (UCL, Belgium) 1989: engineer at the Régie des Télégraphes & Téléphones (now Belgacom) Education1981-1986: Civil engineering Electricity / Electronics (UCL, Belgium)1993 (three months): "Praktikum Extern" in the patent department of DASA (formerly AEGTelefunken), Ulm, Germany: patents and trademarks