Meet Roland Duchêne

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European and Belgian Patent Attorney

European Patent Litigator

+32 2 715 39 52
roland.duchene@gevers.eu


Brussels
English, French, Spanish

Experience

Roland has experience in chemistry and chemistry related fields, more specifically in organic chemicals, macrocyclic compounds, polymers and supramolecular compounds. He advises you for patent drafting, freedom to operate, validity of third party’s patents, infringement situations, patentability of inventions, prosecution, opposition, patent landscaping, nullity actions. He handles cases in English and French and has knowledge of Spanish and Dutch.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 2016
  • Master’s degree in Chemistry, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 2012

Qualifications

  • European Patent Litigator (2026)
  • Belgian Patent Attorney examination (2022)
  • European qualifying examination (2022)

Publications

  • B. N. Ahamed, R. Duchêne, K. Robeyns and C.-A. Fustin, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016, 52, 2149-2152
  • A. Kermagoret, K. Mathieu, J.-M. Thomassin, C.-A. Fustin, R. Duchêne, C. Jérôme, C. Detrembleur and A. Debuigne, Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, 5, 6534-6544
  • S. Wiktorowicz, R. Duchêne, H. Tenhua and V. Aseyev, Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, 5, 4693-4700

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