Lorenzo Parrini

Lorenzo Parrini has been appointed UPC Judge in May 2025. His technical focus is in Physics and Mechanical Engineering. Professional Experience in Intellectual Property: 2019 – Senior Patent Counsel (Manufacturing of tobacco heat not-burn sticks) (Philip Morris) 09/2017: Federal Judge, Schweizerisches Bundespatentgericht, Experience: watches, medical devices, coffee machines 2016 – 2019: IP Manager, Flexible Solar Modules (Flisom) 2014 – 2016: Senior Patent Counsel for Security Solutions in the fields ink jet printing, fuel marking, border control, liquid crystals (SICPA) 2008 – 2012: Senior Patent Attorney in Polymer Chemistry: stereolithography, 3D-printing, photocurable compositions, composites, OLED (Huntsman) 2002 – 2008: Patent Attorney responsible for escalators and elevators controls (Schindler) 1997 – 2002: European Semiconductor Equipment Centre, Ultrasound Specialist for Wire-Bonders, Project: “Ultrasonic transducer for wire-bonding” (ESEC) Research Experience: 1995 – 1997: ETHZ, Post-Doctorant in “Institut für Angewandte Physik” (Federal Institute of Technology of Zürich). Project: Brittleness of intermetallic materials (AlTi) 1992 – 1995: EPFL, Doctorant in “Institut de Génie Atomique” in Lausanne. Project: Metal matrix composites characterised by internal friction. 1990 – 1991: CERN, Technical Student in the division “Mechanical technologies” in Geneva. Project: Thermal nitriding for the production of superconducting NbN and NbTiN films for magnets and cavities of nuclear particles accelerators. Education: 1995: PhD in Materials Science of EPFL (Docteur és sciences). PhD thesis title: "Characterisation of metal matrix composites by mechanical spectroscopy" 1992: Esame di Stato, Admitted in Collegio degli Ingegneri 1991: Politecnico of Milan: Laurea in ingegneria nucleare (100/100 e lode). Diploma-thesis at CERN in Geneva. Title: "Production of superconducting nitride films for particle accelerators by thermal nitriding". Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for: Philip Morris, Swiss Federal Patent Court

1) L. PARRINI: Produzione di film di nitruri superconduttori per acceleratori di particelle tramite nitrurazione termica, Tesi di laurea, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, 24 ott. 1991. 2) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Metal Matrix Composites Al-Al2O3 Studied by Mechanical Spectroscopy, Scripta Met. 28, 763 (1993). 3) C. BENVENUTI, P. CHIGGIATO, L. PARRINI, R. RUSSO: Reactive diffusion produced niobium nitride films for superconducting cavity applications, Nucl. Instr. Methods (A) 336, 16 (1993). 4) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites studied by thermoelectric power measurements, J. Physique (IV) 3, 1745 (1993). 5) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites studied by mechanical spectroscopy, J. Alloys and Compounds 211/212, 402 (1994). 6) SGOBBA S., PARRINI L., KUeNZI H.U., ILSCHNER B.: Analysis of the Anelastic Creep of Al and two Al-Cu Alloys, J. Alloys and Compounds 211/212, 608 (1994). 7) R. SCHALLER, L. PARRINI, S. URRETA: The study of Composite Materials by Mechanical Spectroscopy, Les composites a matrice metallique, Presse de l'Universite du Quebec, ed. Masounave, 273 (1995). 8) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Internal Friction in AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites, Proceedings of High Performance Composites-Commonalty of phenomena, pag. 239, ed. K. Chawla et al. (1994 TMS Fall Meeting-Rosemont, IL, USA, 2-6 Oct. 1994 ). 9) SGOBBA S., PARRINI L., KUeNZI H.U., ILSCHNER B.: Role of the matrix precipitation and interface dislocations on the nanostability of an Al- 4w%Cu-Al2O3 fiberreinforced composite, Proceedings of High Performance Composites- Commonalty of phenomena, pag. 419, ed. K. Chawla et al. (1994 TMS Fall Meeting-Rosemont, IL, USA, 2-6 Oct. 1994). 10) G. GAGNON, J. JANCZAK, L. PARRINI, M. TEXTOR, F. REZAI-ARIA, R. SCHALLER, G. ZAMBELLI: Development of Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) with Optimal Mechanical Properties, Proceedings of 1st Swiss Conference on "Materials Research for Engineering Systems" (Sion, Switzerland, 8-9 Set., 1994), pag. 122, ed. B. Ilschner et al. 11) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Cu precipitation in AlCu-Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composites, Acta Met. 43 n 6, 2149 (1995). 12) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Internal Friction in AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites, Metall. Mat. Trans. 26A, 1457 (1995). 13) R. SCHALLER, L. PARRINI, S. URRETA: Mechanical spectroscopy in MMCs: applications to Al and Al-Cu reinforced with short saffil fibres, Key Engineering Materials, vol. 104-107, pag. 541, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland (1995). 14) L. PARRINI: Characterization of metal matrix composites by mechanical spectroscopy, Thèse de doctorat, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 15 sept. 1995. 15) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Internal Friction in AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites, Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Composite Materials, vol. 2, pag. 535, ed. K. Street et al. (Vancouver, Canada, 1995). 16) SGOBBA S., PARRINI L., KUeNZI H.U., ILSCHNER B.: Anelastic relaxation in Al-4w%Cu- Al2O3 fiber-reinforced composites, Metall. Mat. Trans. 26A, 2745 (1995). 17) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Origin of q' relaxation in reinforced and unreinforced AlCu alloys, Phys. Status Sol. (a) 155, 51 (1996). 18) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Characterization of Mechanical stresses in Metal Matrix Composites by Internal Friction, Acta Met. 44 n 10, 3895 (1996). 19) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Thermal stresses in Metal Matrix Composites studied by Internal Friction, Acta Met. 44 n 12, 4881 (1996). 20) PARRINI L., SCHALLER R.: Internal friction characterization of metal matrix composites, “Nondestructive Characterization of Materials”, Materials Science Forum, vol. 210-213, pag. 627, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland (1996). 21) C. BENVENUTI, P. CHIGGIATO, L. PARRINI, R. RUSSO: Production of niobium-titanium nitride coatings by reactive diffusion for superconducting cavity applications, Nucl. Instr. Methods B 124, 106-111 (1997) 22) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Thermal and mechanical fatigue of AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites studied by mechanical spectroscopy, in “Intérêt technologiques et marchés potentiels des composites à matrice métallique”, A. Thorel, J. Masounave and M. Suéry, Eds, Les Presses de l’Ecole des Mines, Paris, pp. 232-245 (1997). 23) L. PARRINI, R. SCHALLER: Interfaces in AlCu-Al2O3 metal matrix composites studied by mechanical spectroscopy, J. Physique IV, Coll. C8, Vol. 6 (1996) C8-739- 742. 24) LEDBETTER H., SIZOVA N., KIM S., KOBAYASHI H., SGOBBA S., PARRINI L.: Internal friction and creep-recovery in indium, J. Physique IV, Coll. C8, Vol. 6 (1996) C8-317-319. 25) L. PARRINI, H. HEINRICH, G. KOSTORZ: Plasticity and interfacial dislocation structures in Ti-Al, in High temperature ordered intermetallic alloys VII, ed. C. Koch, C. Liu, N. Stoloff, A. Wanner, (MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 460, Boston 1997), p. 147 26) L. PARRINI: Influence of interfaces on the plastic deformation in Ti-Al, J. Alloys and Compounds 270, 203-211 (1998). 27) L. PARRINI: Influence of the temperature on the plastic deformation in Ti-Al, Metall. Mat. Trans. 30A, 2865-2875 (1999). 28) L. PARRINI: Advanced Methodology for the Design of new Ultrasonic Transducers for Wire- Bonding, SEMICON Singapore 2000 Proceedings, pag. 107-116, ed. SEMI, Singapore (2000). 29) L. PARRINI: Ultrasonic Technologies enable Ultra-Fine-Pitch, Low-Temperature Bonding, Solid State Technology, vol. 44 no. 2, pag. 97-103 (February 2001). 30) L. PARRINI: New Methodology for the Design of Advanced Ultrasonic Transducers for Welding Devices, 2000 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, pag. 699-704, ed. S. Schneider, M. Levy, B. McAvoy, New York (2000). 31) L. PARRINI: Design of Advanced Ultrasonic Transducers for Welding Devices, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroel. Freq. Control, vol. 48 no. 6, pag. 1632-1639 (November 2001). 32) L. PARRINI: Ultra-Fine Ultrasonics, European Semiconductor, pag. 109-111 (April 2002). 33) L. PARRINI: Advanced Process Characterisation for 125 kHz Wire Bonder Ultrasonic Transducers, IEEE Trans. Comp. Packaging Techn., vol. 25 no. 3, pag. 486- 494 (September 2002). 34) L. PARRINI: New Technology for the design of advanced ultrasonic transducers for high-power applications, Ultrasonics, vol. 41 no. 4, pag. 261-269 (June 2003). 35) L. PARRINI: New Techniques for the Design of Advanced Ultrasonic Transducers for Wire Bonding, IEEE Trans. Electr. Packaging Man., vol. 26 no. 1, pag. 37-45 (January 2003).