Meet Kris Viaene

Kris Viaene holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Leuven (Belgium). He has over 30 years of experience at Agfa NV, where he initially served as an R&D Manager and subsequently as an IP Manager. His technical expertise spans membranes for green hydrogen production, conductive polymers for electronic applications, inkjet inks (particularly for printed circuit board (PCB) applications), printing plates, and imaging technologies.

He has extensive experience in patent drafting and prosecution, patent enforcement and defense, and preparing freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses. In close collaboration with R&D teams, he has also been actively involved in identifying and developing patentable inventions aligned with business objectives.

• Patent Litigation in Europe, CEIPI (2007-2008)
• PhD Chemistry (Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry) (1984-1989)
• Master Chemistry (1980-1984)

• European Patent Attorney

• Study of the interaction between arenes an tetraalkylammonium compounds in homogeneous and micellar solutions, Langmuir 1986, 2, 4, 456–460.
• Study of the adsorption on clay particles by means of a fluorescent probe, Langmuir 1987, 3, 1, 107–111.
• Study of the adsorption on clay particles by means fluorescent probes, Langmuir 1988, 4, 3, 749–752.
• Study of the adsorption of organic molecules on clay colloid by means of fluorescent probe, December 1988, Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, 76:242-246.
• Study of the adsorption and polymerization of functionalized organic ammonium derivatives on a clay surface, Langmuir 1990, 6, 2, 482–486.
• Elucidation by electron spin resonance and optical spectroscopy of the supersensitization mechanism in a red-sensitive AgCl-based photographic emulsion, Journal of Applied Physics, September 2004, 96:3187-3192.
• Study of the adsorption of organic molecules on clay colloids by means of a fluorescent probe, December 2007, Trends in Colloid and Interface Science II, pp.242-246.
• A qualitative study of the color formation of a color-forming material by time-resolved specular transmission, 2000 Int. Symp. on Silver Halide Technology, 267-269.
• Several patent application in the field of photographic films, such as US7026108, US6641621, US6551769, US6503697, US5691121, US5498517, US5480770, US5449595.