Stefano Frontoni
Patents - Mechanical Sector
Stefano Frontoni is an Italian and European patent attorney admitted to practice before the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
He is also admitted to practice before the Unified Patent Court as a European Patent Litigator. Stefano graduated in mechanical engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Technical University of Turin).
Languages:
Italian native speaker, fluent in English, knowledge of German.
Fields of expertise:
patents, designs, litigation, technical expertise.
Work experience
Stefano joined the firm in 2005. His experience comprises periods of on-site collaboration with leading American firms specialized in industrial property and an internship period at the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
Over the course of his career Stefano has assisted leading Italian and foreign companies. He has also carried out technical expertise on behalf of various Italian Courts as a Court-Appointed Technical Expert.
Professional activity
His activity comprises advising clients in matters of industrial property, with particular reference to the drafting, prosecution and protection of Italian, European and international patents.
He assists Italian and foreign clients in handling patent-related issues, in proceedings before national and international industrial property offices and in litigation activities.
He has also developed significant experience in the filing, prosecution and litigation of designs.
Areas of expertise
Stefano has extensive experience in all the main areas of intellectual property, with particular reference to various technical fields, including in particular:
• production systems for the food industry;
• packaging machines;
– systems for the production of electronic components;
• motor vehicle engines;
• systems for energy production from renewable sources;
• earth-moving machines;
• agricultural machines;
• robotics;
• mechatronics;
• control methods;
• automation systems;
• components for the automotive sector;
• household appliances.