Nele D’Halleweyn PhD
EP, NL, BE patent attorney, UPC Representative, Managing partner
EP, NL, BE patent attorney, UPC Representative, Managing partner
Electrical engineering, ICT, Mechanical engineering, Medical technology, Micro-electronics, Physics, Semiconductors, Telecommunication
At Arnold & Siedsma, Nele specialises in European patent work in the specialist fields of semiconductors, transistors, electronic applications, telecommunications, ICT, software, medical equipment and other electrical and mechanical applications. Nele studied electrical engineering at Leuven University, specialising in telecommunications and micro-electronics, and obtained a PhD from Southampton University (UK).
She has been involved in legal proceedings across a wide variety of technical fields, ranging from electrotechnical applications in gaming machines or medical equipment to mechanical devices such as loading platforms and waste-separation machinery.
As a patent attorney, she provides the link between Research & Development and the commercial world. She derives satisfaction from identifying the essence of an invention and shaping it into a ‘patent weapon’ to wield against the competition.
If imitators appear, she will consult with the client to determine the right arguments and the best strategy to tackle the infringement as efficiently as possible. Thanks to her extensive experience in both European and national procedures, she can advise clients quickly and clearly so that the correct legal actions can be taken without delay.
Nele is also jointly responsible for the A&S China Desk and the A&S Korea Desk.
Nele has been recognized as an “IP Star” and is listed in IP Stars’ Top 250 Women in IP. She is also recommended by IAM Patent as a “Highly Recommended Individual in Prosecution”.
Efficient, combative, creative, articulate
2001 – present: Patent attorney at Arnold & Siedsma
1997: Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
master of engineering in Electronics, specialising in telecommunications and micro-electronics
2001: University of Southampton (UK)
PhD in micro-electronics
Dutch, English, French, German (basic), Chinese (basic), Italian (basic)
Nele is a member of the AIPPI, of which she is a member of the Board, and is active in working parties for resolving IP-related issues concerning Belgian national legislation. She is also a member of the EPI. As a PQC member for Belgium, she advises the EPI council on matters relating to the professional training for acquiring the title of patent attorney. She is also one of the tutors for Belgian training in Belgian patent law and Belgian patent practice.
Nele is a member of the Board of the De Winkelhaak design centre and follows the events organised there. www.winkelhaak.be
Flanders DC Events www.flandersdc.be
MIP/Knowledge 4 Business Events www.mipvlaanderen.be
Antwerp Manager Events
Octrooien in België – Een praktische leidraad (Die Keure – 1 mei 2020) – www.diekeure.be/nl-be/professional/10368/octrooien-in-belgie
The person skilled in the art in the context of the inventive step requirement in patent law (Report of the Belgian group for question Q213 of AIPPI)
www.aippi.org/download/commitees/213/GR213belgium.pdf
Liability for contributory infringement of IPRs – certain aspects of patent infringement (Report of the Belgian group for question Q204P of AIPPI)
www.aippi.org/download/commitees/204P/GR204Pbelgium.pdf
Over de zin van afhankelijke octrooiconclusies en over het herformuleren van octrooiconclusies na verlening – Betekenis conclusies in de Belgische jurisprudentie [On the meaning of dependent patent claims and the rewording of patent claims following grant – Significance of claims in Belgian case law]
I.R.D.I. 2008-4 (published in 2009)
Selection Inventions – the Inventive Step Requirement, other Patentability Criteria and Scope of Protection (Report of the Belgian group for question Q209 of AIPPI)
https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/209/GR209belgium.pdf
The Liability for Contributory infringement of IPR’s
(Report of the Belgian group for question Q204 of AIPPI)
https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/204/GR204belgium.pdf
EPC2000 – Enkele gevolgen voor de octrooigemachtigden praktijk [Certain consequences for patent attorney practice]
I.R.D.I. 2007-3, pp. 234-238
AIPPI Q193 – Divisional, continuation and continuation-in-part applications (Report of the Belgian group for question Q193 of AIPPI)
https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/193/GR193belgium.pdf
AIPPI Q194 – L’impact du régime de copropriété intellectuelle sur leur exploitation (Rapport au nom du groupe belge à question Q194) [AIPPI Q194 -The impact of the co-ownership of intellectual property regime on their operation (Report of the Belgian group for question Q194)]
https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/194/GR194belgium.pdf
Modification des revendications après délivrance du brevet (devant les juridictions et dans le cadre des procédures administratives, y compris les procédures de réexamen requises par les tiers)(Rapport au nom du groupe belge à question Q189) [Amendment of claims following grant of the patent (before the courts and in the administrative procedures, including the re-examination procedures required by third parties) (Report of the Belgian group to question Q189)]
https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/189/GR189belgium.pdf
Overview of technical publications
A carefully considered patent policy: key to success
Public document for SMEs on the successful use of patents
MOOSE: A physically based compact DC model of SOILD MOSFETs for analogue circuit simulation
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10035/
A Physically Based Relation Between Extracted Threshold Voltage and Surface Potential Flat-Band Voltage for MOSFET Compact Modeling
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10654/
A Surface-Potential-Based High-Voltage Compact LDMOS Transistor Model
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, VOL. 52, NO. 5, MAY 2005
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi/search/quicksearch?basic_srchtype=ALL&basic=d%27halleweyn&full_text_status=&_satisfyall=ALL&_order=byyear&_default_action=search&_action_search=search
Ruling on nullification assessment
NL http://www.octrooicentrum.nl/images/stories/download/adviezen/1034240.pdf
Appeal EPO
https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?number=EP96114753
Opposition EPO
https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?searchMode=advanced&number=EP95911658
Debat Technologie & Innovatie [Technology & Innovation Debate]
www.managermagazines.be/magazines/antwerpen-manager/antwerpen-manager-organiseert-debat-over-technologie-innovatie
