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 Property November 1989 - September 2004: European Patent Office (EPO) substantive examiner (main technical fields: digital electronic circuits and coding) and auditor in the "Harmonisation and Quality" Directorate 2004 - 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 Science 1986-1988: assistant at Laboratoire d’Électronique (UCL, Belgium) 1989: engineer at the Régie des Télégraphes & Téléphones (now Belgacom) Education 1981-1986: 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 Property November 1989 - September 2004: European Patent Office (EPO) substantive examiner (main technical fields: digital electronic circuits and coding) and auditor in the "Harmonisation and Quality" Directorate 2004 - 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 Science 1986-1988: assistant at Laboratoire d’Électronique (UCL, Belgium) 1989: engineer at the Régie des Télégraphes & Téléphones (now Belgacom) Education 1981-1986: Civil engineering Electricity / Electronics (UCL, Belgium) 1993 (three months): "Praktikum Extern" in the patent department of DASA (formerly AEGTelefunken), Ulm, Germany: patents and trademarks