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Dr. Michael Plevan

Dr. Plevan represents national and international clients before the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Dr. Plevan has been working in intellectual property law since 2015 In addition to his native German, Dr. Plevan is proficient in English and in Mandarin Chinese.

Dr. Plevan's technical expertise is in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and telecommunications and video coding standard essential patents. Dr. Plevan's doctoral research in liquid metal reactors and hydrogen production has been published in the prestigious International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Dr. Plevan also has extensive experience in complex energy and turbo engine technologies. Dr. Plevan has authored hundreds of patent applications on inventions such as solar cells, rare earth mining, oceanic renewable energy systems, automotive batteries, gearboxes, auto parts, vehicle braking systems, high-frequency measurement devices, hydraulics, electric boat propulsion systems, and heavy-duty gas engines.

Admissions

Dr. Plevan is a member of the German Patent Bar Association (Patentanwaltskammer) and the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI). He is admitted to practice as:

German Trademark, Design, and Patent Attorney

European Patent Attorney

European Trademark Attorney

European Design Attorney

Representative before the Unified Patent Court UPC

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2022

Patent Attorney and owner of Plevan Ltd

2019-2022

Patent Attorney at a tier 1 IP law firm in Munich, Germany

2018-2019

Judicial clerkship at the German Patent & Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court in Munich, Germany

2015-2019

Patent Attorney trainee at renowned IP law firm in Munich, Germany

2018

Innovation Award of the German Gas Industry

Project: climate friendly decomposition of methane

2017

Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Project: Hydrogen production using liquid metal reactors

2011

Master's diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Focus: conventional and nuclear energy systems, turbo engines

Publications

'Development of methane decarbonisation based on liquid metal technology for CO2-free production of hydrogen' Alberto Abánades, Renu Kumar Rathnam, Tobias Geißler, Annette Heinzel, Kian Mehravaran, George Müller, Michael Plevan, Carlo Rubbia, Delia Salmieri, Leonid Stoppel, Stefan Stückrad, Alfons Weisenburger, Horst Wenninger, Thomas Wetzel

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 41, Issue 19, 2016.

'Experimental investigation and thermo-chemical modeling of methane pyrolysis in a liquid metal bubble column reactor with a packed bed' Tobias Geißler, M. Plevan, A. Abánades, A. Heinzel, K. Mehravaran, R.K. Rathnam, C. Rubbia, D. Salmieri, L. Stoppel, S. Stückrad, A. Weisenburger, H. Wenninger, Th. Wetzel

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40, Issue 41, 2015.

'Thermal cracking of methane in a liquid metal bubble column reactor: Experiments and kinetic analysis' M. Plevan, T. Geißler, A. Abánades, K. Mehravaran, R.K. Rathnam, C. Rubbia, D. Salmieri, L. Stoppel, S. Stückrad, Th. Wetzel

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40, Issue 25, 2015.

Patents

'Process and device for direct thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons with liquid metal in the absence of oxygen for the production of hydrogen and carbon' A. Abánades, A. Muñoz, J.M. Martinez-val peñalosa, T. Geissler, L. Stoppel, B. Dietrich, M. Plevan, Th. Wetzel. 2018

EP Patent EP3521241B1, filed Feb 2, 2018, and issued Sep 23, 2020. ES Patent ES2836732T3, filed Feb 2, 2018, and issued June 28, 2021. PCT Application WO2019154732A1, filed Feb 1, 2019. Canadian Patent CA3090750A1, filed Feb 1, 2019. Patent pending. U.S. Patent 16/967,694, filed Feb 1, 2019. Patent pending.

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