Robert Balsters

Robert Balsters is a Swiss, French and European Patent Attorney and the Director of the Electronics and Information Technologies Department at Novagraaf. In this role, Robert handles patent prosecution for both national and international clients, mainly in the field of electronics, and particularly in relation to encryption, smart grids, image processing, semiconductors, display panels and conditional access systems.

Career history

Robert obtained his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, in 1988. He passed the CEIPI (Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle) postgraduate examination in 1994 and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 1996. Robert is also a Swiss Patent Attorney, a French Patent Attorney and a UPC representative. Moreover, he is authorised to act before the German Patent Office.

Robert has been working in the field of patents for more than 35 years and started working in patents as a substantive examiner at the European Patent Office in Munich. After that, he joined the Swatch Group working as a Patent Engineer, and in 1999, subsequently joined Novagraaf as a Senior Patent Attorney.

Work highlights

Robert regularly travels to Japan to visit clients and provide lectures on European Patent practice.

Memberships

Robert is a member of AROPI.

Languages

• English
• French
• Dutch
• German