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Valérie Stephann

French & European Patent Attorney
Geneva office
mail@novagraaf.ch
+41 (0)22 979 09 69

Geneva office

Valérie Stephann handles patent prosecution for national and international clients, mainly in the fields of electronics, telecommunications, automotives and new technologies.

Career history

Valérie obtained an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble) in 1995. She also passed the CEIPI (Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle) in 1997 and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2004. Valérie is also a French Patent Attorney.

Valérie has been working in the field of patents for more than 20 years. She started her career at a patent firm in Paris and subsequently worked at Orange for 12 years as a Patent Engineer. Valérie joined Novagraaf in 2016 as a European Patent Attorney after working at a patent firm in Geneva.

Languages

  • English
  • French

Areas of expertise

  • Patents: Electronics (telecommunications, new technologies, automotives).

Industry specialisms

Telecommunications
Emerging technologies
Electronics
Automotives & aviation
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