After spending 7 years with Peugeot Citroën Automobiles and 9 years with ICB (a consultancy firm part of the Swatch watchmaking group), Yann Couillard joined LLR in 2016 as patent engineer specialized in the field of materials, physics and mechanics.
He drafts patent applications and follows up French, Swiss, European and foreign grant procedures. He also advises his clients on their industrial property strategies, assists them with potential litigations and conducts patentability and freedom-to-operate studies.
Yann Couillard is mainly involved in the following fields:
- Materials: polymers, silicon, metal alloys, electroformed metals, corundum, ruby ;
- Automotive: suspension, structure, powertrain, hybridization, air conditioning, interior design, energy management, tires, bodywork;
- Watchmaking: resonators, escapements, gears, tribology, anti-shock bearings, energy sources; and
- Optics: optical correction of ametropia, lens manufacturing, active or passive optical filters, connected glasses, ophthalmological examination equipment.
Professional Organisations
- CNCPI
Complementary activities
- Member of the jury of the French examination of aptitude of candidates for the registration on the list of qualified persons in industrial property (EQF), mention patents