Laurence Loumes

Laurence Loumes is a Partner and a French and European Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP.

She spent 14 years in the United States and Canada before joining Plasseraud IP, where she practiced as both a U.S. and Canadian patent agent. Laurence has nearly 20 years of experience in patent drafting, prosecution, and litigation.

She holds a Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics from Caltech and an LL.M. from Berkeley Law. During her doctoral studies, she developed a cardiac pump model based on the embryonic heart. Since then, she has advised clients on a wide range of mechanical technologies, particularly in opposition proceedings and patent litigation before French courts.

Laurence joined Plasseraud IP in 2017 and was appointed Partner in 2025.

• UC Berkeley School of Law, LL.M. California Institute of Technology, M.Sc. & Ph.D. Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Engineering

• AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), IPO (Intellectual Property Owners association), ChIP'S France