The author - Roel van Woudenberg
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Roel van Woudenberg
Roel van Woudenberg studied physics at the University of Groningen and obtained his PhD in physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1995. Roel worked as research scientists and system architect at Philips Research (optical recording, display systems/ image processing), Philips Semiconductors and Philips Lighting for over 11 years. In 2007, he switched career to become a Dutch and European patent attorney. Roel started working at DeltaPatents in 2011 where he combined patent attorney work (drafting, prosecution, consultancy) with tutoring. In autumn 2024, Roel took a position as in-house Head of IP at BDR Thermea Group B.V. (Apeldoorn, the Netherlands). Since 2011, Roel has been a tutor with DeltaPatents in courses on the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, extending from basic and advanced patent law (substantive and procedural law; EPC and PCT) to methodology courses preparing candidates for the Foundation paper F and the M2 and M4 papers. Roel tutored those courses in the Netherlands as well as throughout Europe, on-site and online. Since 2023, Roel has been a member of the European Patent Practice Committee (EPPC) of epi, since 2020 of EPPC’s Working Group on Guidelines and, since 2024 of the SACEPO Working Party on Guidelines. |
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