Joel Wenger, European Patent Attorney and electronics engineer.
Pierre Roulet, Electronics engineer, specialist in electrometry.
Joël Nithardt, European Patent Attorney, microtechnical engineer.
Donata Campiche, Trademark Attorney.
Ernie Odoom, Electronics engineer, Semiconductor IC Design.
Alain Bandi, Geomatics Engineer, CEIPI Diploma in Patents of Invention.
Administrative team

Joel Wenger, European Patent Attorney and electronics engineer.
After fifteen years of working in the industry he has acquired a rich industrial experience in the field of electronic development. He worked for ABB in Baden in the data encryption sector, for ABB in Sécheron as a hydroelectric power plant process control programmer, as group development manager for Landis & Gyr in the field of payphones, and as an independent consultant in the development of a STIWELL muscular stimulator (more than 1,200 units sold).
In 1995, Joel Wenger left development for the intellectual property profession by joining Katzarov S.A. in Geneva. As part of the editorial staff of the well known Katzarov Handbook, he became familiar with procedures in a large number of countries. After three years training, he successfully passed the European Patent Attorney qualification examination. In 1999 he took charge of the patent department of Griffes Consulting, an intellectual property firm in Geneva, and the department enjoyed substantial growth under his command.
In May 2001, he became head of Leman Consulting. His tasks also include running training courses both in client companies and for international projects.

Pierre Roulet, Electronics engineer, specialist in electrometry. His 23 years of industrial experience were acquired in various areas, including hearing aids (LECTRET Ltd), CAD/FAO for printed circuit board production (EIE Ltd), and connector technology as head of the technical office (LEMO Ltd) in addition to his experience in providing engineering support to clients in the payphone field (Landis & Gyr SA.).
His drafting skills combined with his knowledge of industrial products enable him to understand inventors quickly and put their ideas down on paper.

Joël Nithardt, European Patent Attorney, microtechnical engineer. After a first professional experience in the Swiss federal capital as an engineer, he entered the intellectual property field in 1992. He quickly became involved in all aspects of the profession. His achievements include managing the trademark department within his company, preparing and defending patents in numerous sectors such as medical instrumentation, microtechnology and mechanical engineering, implementing protection strategies, clearance studies and patentability analyses, setting up a patent and trademark search service, preparing documentation for client use, running training courses in this area for entrepreneurs and project managers, and acting as a jury member for the Start-up award for innovative projects. In 2002, he joined Leman Consulting where he continues to pursue his patent, design and training activities.

Donata Campiche, European Trademark Attorney. Donata Campiche, after obtaining her law degree in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 2000, specialized in trademark law within one of the greatest Italian IP firms, Ing. Barzanò & Zanardo, in Rome (Italy). Then she joined the trademark department of the Bacardi group in 2005, in Geneva. Her international background enabled her to get a very good knowledge of the international and European systems of trademark registration and protection as well as to make the most of her skills in the French, Italian and English languages.

Ernie Odoom, Electronics Engineer, specialist in Semiconductor IC Design. Ernie obtained his BSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Glasgow University in Scotland. In his twenty-year experience in the semiconductor industry, mostly with Motorola, Ernie has seen all aspects of the business from manufacturing and test through design of digital and analogue circuits and systems for applications from telephony to motor car engine management. More recently Ernie worked as a consultant for a start-up company in EPFL (Swiss Technical University) on a set of very novel memory designs before joining Leman Consulting in 2007.

Alain Bandi trained in the domains of electrical and mechanical engineering before obtaining his Engineering degree in Geomatics from the Engineering School of the Canton of Vaud. For the next six years he worked for the Lausanne based company Bobst in their Patents Department, where he was able to acquire a rich experience in the field of design and development of packing and printing machines. In 2002 he obtained the CEIPI Diploma in Patents of Invention from the University of Strasbourg. He left the industry in 2004 to join an Intellectual Property Practice in Geneva where he was in charge of the portfolio for a major client active in the development of laser machining. He enriched his skills by dealing with inventions in the domains of watch-making and medical apparatus. In 2011 he joined the team at Leman Consulting where he started work in the domain of digital security, mainly in relation to signal processing for Pay-TV applications.

Where would our company be without its administrative team?

Our four assistants Diana, Nathalie, Emmanuelle and Marlène, are crucial to the smooth running of our company and their skills and knowledge are constantly called upon. Daily involvement in intellectual property matters, allied with an internal and external training policy, enable them to successfully carry out their mission.