Alexander Fironov

“And what is the point of buying a car to drive around on asphalt? Where there is asphalt, there is nothing interesting, and where it is interesting, there is no asphalt”.

Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

Alexander’s professional practice includes assisting clients in all aspects of design prosecution, advising on strategies for obtaining and protecting industrial designs in Russia and CIS countries, conducting Freedom-to-Operate searches.

Alexander graduated from the department of Molecular Biophysics of the Saint-Petersburg State University with MSc. in Applied Physics and Mathematics and since joining PATENTICA has qualified as Russian and Eurasian Patent Attorney in the field of industrial designs.

Alexander’s analytical skills enable him to find solutions in unprecedented cases and argue with Rospatent’s decisions to obtain the maximum protection for his clients’ designs. Alexanders likes long-distance car trips, music, good tobacco and vintage cars.

Expertise

Design prosecution
Design Searches
Design portfolio management consulting