Who Are the Best Patent Firms in Belgium? (2026)

IPRATE analysed 285 firms across 39,174 European (EPO) patent filings in Belgium; 183 firms met the evidence thresholds and are ranked below (Top Rated is the top quarter, every other firm is Rated). Based on official EUIPO, EPO and national IP office records. Ratings are never sold or sponsored.

Comparing patent firms in Belgium

This table compares European (EPO) filing records for the country shown. Start with the rating tier, then compare annual filing volume, outcomes and confidence on each firm profile. Compare like-for-like practices and periods: a high success rate on a small record is different evidence from the same rate across a large portfolio.

Compare the firm's technical subject areas and filing experience, then discuss drafting, prosecution and the jurisdictions you need. Use the published record to build a shortlist and confirm the fit with the firm. Filing outcomes describe the measured work; they do not establish litigation experience or predict the outcome of your case.

Rating methodology Source data and citation

#	Firm	City	Tier	Vol/yr	Success	Speed	Renewals
1	Donné, Eddy	Antwerpen	Top Rated	31.947368	63%	1514d	N/A
2	Hostens, Veerle	Kortrijk	Top Rated	9.578947	85%	1258d	N/A
3	Pronovem	Brussels	Top Rated	64.733333	49%	1716d	N/A
4	Connor, Marco Tom	Louvain-La-Neuve	Top Rated	7.705882	75%	1122d	N/A
5	Van Malderen, Joëlle	Brussels	Top Rated	19	35%	2149d	N/A
6	Luys, Marie-José A.H.	Mol	Top Rated	8.5625	41%	1284d	N/A
7	Bird, William Edward	La Hulpe	Top Rated	46.5	46%	1553d	N/A
8	Macchetta, Andrea	Brussels	Top Rated	6.227273	85%	1429d	N/A
9	Quintelier, Claude	Diegem	Top Rated	11.047619	41%	1801d	N/A
10	Goedeweeck, Rudi	Mortsel	Top Rated	15.235294	69%	1733d	N/A
11	AWA BENELUX	Brussels	Top Rated	27.238095	64%	1570d	N/A
12	Ostyn, Frans	Kortrijk	Top Rated	12.55	71%	1757d	N/A
13	Van Minnebruggen, Ewan Benito Agnes	Antwerp	Top Rated	13.722222	96%	1624d	N/A
14	Plas, Axel Ivo Michel	Asse	Top Rated	10.75	29%	1192d	N/A
15	Stephanie Sarlet	Antwerp	Top Rated	11.45	55%	1609d	N/A
16	Pecher, Nicolas	Louvain-la-Neuve	Top Rated	4.722222	49%	1336d	N/A
17	De Groote, Christophe	Brussels	Top Rated	7.090909	64%	1248d	N/A
18	LC Patents	Hasselt	Top Rated	15.857143	52%	1623d	N/A
19	GEVERS	Brussels	Top Rated	101	70%	1693d	N/A
20	Van hunsel, Lieven M.S.	Antwerp	Top Rated	4.714286	58%	1418d	N/A
21	Jacques, Philippe	Brussels	Top Rated	31.714286	34%	1412d	N/A
22	IP HILLS	Gent	Top Rated	42.25	49%	1425d	N/A
23	Leyder, Francis	Diegem	Top Rated	34.5	29%	1578d	N/A
24	Patrick Theunis	Antwerp	Top Rated	4.714286	48%	2037d	N/A
25	ABYOO	Louvain-La-Neuve	Top Rated	6.714286	63%	1655d	N/A
26	Winger	Merelbeke	Top Rated	59.652174	73%	1670d	N/A
27	Lenaerts, Philip	Beerse	Top Rated	6.153846	77%	1377d	N/A
28	Callewaert, Koen	Overijse	Top Rated	3.909091	69%	1550d	N/A
29	Verbrugghe, Anne Marie L.	Brussels	Top Rated	10.444444	31%	1579d	N/A
30	Powis de Tenbossche, Roland	Bruxelles	Top Rated	4.571429	71%	1333d	N/A
31	Paemen, Liesbet R.J.	Leuven	Top Rated	18.352941	55%	1822d	N/A
32	BiiP	Leuven	Top Rated	24.428571	32%	1773d	N/A
33	Hertoghe, Kris Angèle Louisa	Ghent	Top Rated	13.4	63%	1804d	N/A
34	Vandeberg, Marie-Paule L.G.	La Hulpe	Top Rated	13.5	33%	1329d	N/A
35	Quaghebeur, Luc	Beerse	Top Rated	6.75	85%	1610d	N/A
36	Caers, Raphael Frans Ivo	Antwerp	Top Rated	5.8	63%	1647d	N/A
37	Verberckmoes, Filip Gerard	Brussels	Top Rated	4.888889	81%	1577d	N/A
38	Viaene, Kris	Diegem	Top Rated	9.307692	54%	1501d	N/A
39	Bureau M.F.J. Bockstael	Antwerpen	Top Rated	12.1	87%	1042d	N/A
40	Van Reet, Joseph	Antwerp	Top Rated	10.5	45%	1548d	N/A
41	KIRKPATRICK, SA/NV	La Hulpe	Top Rated	31	63%	2139d	N/A
42	Decamps, Alain René François	Brussels	Top Rated	8.8	30%	1403d	N/A
43	Van Bladel, Marc	Brussels	Top Rated	9.666667	52%	1724d	N/A
44	Garcia Martin, Margarita	Brussels	Top Rated	5.333333	56%	1479d	N/A
45	Bird, Ariane	La Hulpe	Top Rated	43.166667	49%	1625d	N/A
46	Strijckers, Hans Louis P.	Mortsel	Top Rated	10.315789	85%	1703d	N/A
47	Coulon, Ludivine	Diegem	Rated	7.666667	58%	1554d	N/A
48	Claeys, Pierre	Diegem	Rated	9	67%	1804d	N/A
49	Vanhalst, Koen	Sint-Martens-Latem	Rated	6.916667	60%	1936d	N/A
50	Willnegger, Eva	Brussels	Rated	4.842105	57%	1833d	N/A
51	Ipsilon Belgium	Leuven	Rated	26.875	66%	1588d	N/A
52	Garcia Prieto, Maria	Beerse	Rated	6.5	44%	1447d	N/A
53	Icosa Europe	Brussels	Rated	8.214286	63%	1756d	N/A
54	Mackett, Margaret	Brussels	Rated	5.545455	66%	1698d	N/A
55	Duyver, Jurgen Martha Herman	Antwerp	Rated	5.1	56%	1630d	N/A
56	Beck, Michaël Andries T.	Antwerp	Rated	10.5	67%	1901d	N/A
57	Lerho, Marc J. A.	Liège	Rated	2.133333	53%	1729d	N/A
58	Messely, Marc	Zwevegem	Rated	9.588235	55%	1633d	N/A
59	Colens, Alain M.G.M.	Brussels	Rated	5.230769	24%	1632d	N/A
60	Callewaert, Raf	Overijse	Rated	1.666667	48%	1426d	N/A
61	Brantsandpatents	Ghent	Rated	53.869565	61%	1567d	N/A
62	Mross, Stefan P.M.	Brussels	Rated	10.454545	10%	1571d	N/A
63	Cauchie, Daniel	Ath	Rated	2.888889	58%	1075d	N/A
64	IPLodge	Heverlee	Rated	33.809524	61%	1992d	N/A
65	Daelemans, Frank F.R.	Brussels	Rated	10.785714	73%	2036d	N/A
66	Seynhaeve, Geert Filiep	Brussels	Rated	3.8	77%	1827d	N/A
67	Bird Goën & Co	Winksele	Rated	4.1	31%	1358d	N/A
68	Jacobs, Tinneke Ivonne C	Antwerpen	Rated	2.611111	58%	1438d	N/A
69	Raboin, Jean-Christophe	Brussels	Rated	11.111111	71%	2268d	N/A
70	Destryker, Elise Martine	Drogenbos	Rated	9.352941	62%	2170d	N/A
71	Mareschal, Anne	Brussels	Rated	31.6	33%	2260d	N/A
72	Saurat, Thibault	Aalst	Rated	4.866667	83%	1475d	N/A
73	Chielens, Kristof	Kortrijk	Rated	6	71%	1425d	N/A
74	Van Garsse, Joris Marc H	Brussels	Rated	2	83%	1677d	N/A
75	Chabou, Samia	Gosselies	Rated	5.071429	36%	1664d	N/A
76	Leherte, Georges M.L.M.	Uccle	Rated	6.142857	32%	1516d	N/A
77	Lingier, Stefaan Frans L.	Mortsel	Rated	5.818182	87%	1558d	N/A
78	Debled, Thierry	Brussels	Rated	4.181818	46%	1278d	N/A
79	De Clercq, Ann G. Y.	Sint-Martens-Latem	Rated	20.416667	52%	2021d	N/A
80	Calysta	Brussels	Rated	34.75	55%	1542d	N/A
81	Benvenuti, Federica	Brussels	Rated	36.9	65%	1709d	N/A
82	Vande Gucht, Anne	Brussels	Rated	25.777778	48%	2361d	N/A
83	Knockaert, Guy	Brussels	Rated	3.4375	78%	1493d	N/A
84	Bar, Grégory	Brussels	Rated	3	69%	1724d	N/A
85	Claire Saelens	Brussels	Rated	4.375	75%	1252d	N/A
86	Sader, Marc	Brussels	Rated	3.230769	86%	2317d	N/A
87	Van Steenlandt, Wim August Maria	Ghent	Rated	4.076923	38%	1755d	N/A
88	Kamphuis, Albertus Johannes	Brussels	Rated	2	65%	1323d	N/A
89	Bounaga, Sakina	Sint-Martens-Latem	Rated	10.727273	59%	1769d	N/A
90	Jacobs, Lambert	Bilzen	Rated	6.375	93%	1242d	N/A
91	Gilliard, Pierre	Brussels	Rated	3.875	17%	1543d	N/A
92	Rogiest, Wouter	Gent	Rated	3.4	15%	1630d	N/A
93	Schoofs, Hilde	Brussels	Rated	3.857143	33%	1603d	N/A
94	Véronique Brohez	Ghlin	Rated	4.578947	72%	1510d	N/A
95	Troch, Geneviève	Brussels	Rated	17	38%	2251d	N/A
96	Verbrugge, Vivien François Emeric	Brussels	Rated	4.666667	15%	1523d	N/A
97	Larangé, Françoise	Brussels	Rated	3.526316	60%	1918d	N/A
98	Cardoen, Annelies Andréa C.	Brussels	Rated	4.5	78%	1316d	N/A
99	Koster, Nico	Brussels	Rated	2.65	68%	2168d	N/A
100	Van den Broeck, Kristel Alice	Brussels	Rated	6.5	91%	2205d	N/A
101	Mazurelle, Jean	Brussels	Rated	3.2	47%	1289d	N/A
102	Vanderstede, Els	Brussels	Rated	6.285714	59%	1436d	N/A
103	Bosch, Henry	Brussels	Rated	8.1875	53%	2484d	N/A
104	Vervoort, Liesbeth	Beerse	Rated	3.857143	90%	2087d	N/A
105	Mather, Peter Geoffrey	Brussels	Rated	17.769231	31%	1537d	N/A
106	ARC-IP	Brussels	Rated	11.318182	74%	2430d	N/A
107	Wauters, Davy Erik Angelo	Brussels	Rated	13	54%	2081d	N/A
108	Furstoss, Olivia Aline	Brussels	Rated	2.4	58%	2157d	N/A
109	Schacht, Benny Marcel Corneel	Brussels	Rated	6.142857	68%	2206d	N/A
110	Vandersteen, Pieter	Brussels	Rated	2.666667	59%	2065d	N/A
111	Eeckhaoudt, Sabine Maria A.	Brussels	Rated	1.857143	71%	1616d	N/A
112	De Baere, Ivo	Brussels	Rated	2.875	48%	2238d	N/A
113	Elseviers, Myriam	Brussels	Rated	8.619048	48%	1978d	N/A
114	Moens, Marnix Karel Christiane	Brussels	Rated	2.444444	30%	1851d	N/A
115	Serwas, Harry	Zwevegem	Rated	3.333333	64%	1775d	N/A
116	Jacobs, Philippe	Brussels	Rated	2.454545	50%	1826d	N/A
117	Jean Callewaert	Brussels	Rated	4	56%	2085d	N/A
118	van Straaten, Joop	Brussels	Rated	3	15%	1446d	N/A
119	Neel, Henry	Brussels	Rated	9.8	13%	1341d	N/A
120	Guy Dominic Farmer	Mont-Saint-Guibert	Rated	2.416667	39%	1733d	N/A
121	Oryon	Antwerp	Rated	4.363636	33%	804d	N/A
122	Purewal, Savroop	Beerse	Rated	2.842105	62%	2144d	N/A
123	Ego, Christophe	Brussels	Rated	3.5	71%	1686d	N/A
124	Veldhuizen, Albert Dirk Willem	Brussels	Rated	14.4	45%	1981d	N/A
125	De Clercq, Krista	Brussels	Rated	0.705882	60%	1120d	N/A
126	Pols, Ronald Maarten	Brussels	Rated	19	38%	1842d	N/A
127	Lee, Alexander Mark	Brussels	Rated	4.555556	75%	1975d	N/A
128	Vaeck, Elke	Kapelle-op-den-Bos	Rated	3.428571	47%	2340d	N/A
129	Gerstberger, Gisela	Brussels	Rated	12.142857	52%	1641d	N/A
130	Gyi, Jeffrey Ivan	Brussels	Rated	6.307692	68%	2090d	N/A
131	Roberts, Philippa Grace	Brussels	Rated	7	62%	2128d	N/A
132	Hassa, Jürgen	Brussels	Rated	1.625	38%	1651d	N/A
133	Goodier, Claire-Louise	Strombeek-Bever	Rated	9.555556	28%	1828d	N/A
134	van der Straaten, Jan Anthony	Brussels	Rated	2.333333	50%	1928d	N/A
135	Campabadal Monfa, Gemma	Beerse	Rated	4.947368	15%	1805d	N/A
136	Overath, Philippe	Bruxelles	Rated	2.454545	59%	3102d	N/A
137	Neirynck, Katrien Gerda Noëlla	Brussels	Rated	1.823529	76%	2116d	N/A
138	Philippaerts, Yannick	Brussels	Rated	1.538462	83%	2155d	N/A
139	Van Malderen, Michel	Liege	Rated	6.5	15%	711d	N/A
140	Fiorucci, Hélène	Brussels	Rated	3	47%	1066d	N/A
141	Morariu Radu, Mihai Dorin	Brussels	Rated	2.555556	63%	2259d	N/A
142	Clerix, André	Brussels	Rated	2.142857	15%	1360d	N/A
143	Verlinden, Steven Roger G	Brussels	Rated	4.2	40%	2364d	N/A
144	Jantschy, Jasmin	Brussels	Rated	2.666667	69%	1992d	N/A
145	Krishnan, Sri	Brussels	Rated	6	42%	1621d	N/A
146	Swinnen, Anne-Marie	Brussels	Rated	6.818182	64%	1997d	N/A
147	Plucker, Guy	Brussels	Rated	1.857143	31%	1035d	N/A
148	Demolder, Jan Albert	Brussels	Rated	1.25	50%	2283d	N/A
149	Vangheluwe, Lieven Germain L.	Brussels	Rated	2.571429	81%	2144d	N/A
150	Michalík, Andrej	Brussels	Rated	7.529412	64%	2145d	N/A
151	Brigou, Ben Guido	Brussels	Rated	3.142857	67%	882d	N/A
152	Gata-Goncalves, Ligia	Brussels	Rated	2.636364	38%	1712d	N/A
153	Vercruysse, Nicolas	Brussels	Rated	3.333333	32%	1515d	N/A
154	Zhang, Li	Brussels	Rated	2.363636	80%	1640d	N/A
155	Plasman, Valérie M.L.	Brussels	Rated	3	24%	2186d	N/A
156	Paris, Fabienne	Brussels	Rated	2.272727	50%	1845d	N/A
157	van Wanrooij, Eva	Brussels	Rated	2.25	77%	1525d	N/A
158	Brants, Johan P.E.	Ghent	Rated	8.52381	42%	1737d	N/A
159	Kohol, Sonia	Brussels	Rated	2.909091	56%	2220d	N/A
160	Dew, Melvyn John	Brussels	Rated	5.6	52%	1963d	N/A
161	Schulte, Drew Joseph	Brussels	Rated	3.142857	100%	1431d	N/A
162	Marchau, Michel F.L.A.	Oostkamp	Rated	2	25%	2072d	N/A
163	Agustsson, Sveinn Otto	Brussels	Rated	2.777778	60%	1622d	N/A
164	Heck, Dieter	Brussels	Rated	1.111111	80%	1472d	N/A
165	Heyde, Katrien	Brussels	Rated	1.5	33%	1603d	N/A
166	Pappaert, Kris	Brussels	Rated	3.727273	53%	1661d	N/A
167	Bleukx, Lucas Lodewijk M.	Brussels	Rated	2.5	33%	1243d	N/A
168	Nichol, Maria Zenarosa	Brussels	Rated	0.923077	67%	2213d	N/A
169	Rössler, Thomas	Brussels	Rated	4.25	50%	1209d	N/A
170	Dottridge, Cass A.C.	Brussels	Rated	2.2	58%	2077d	N/A
171	Gunst, Wilfried E.D.	Zedelgem	Rated	1.571429	73%	1784d	N/A
172	Jean-Jacques Canonici	Brussels	Rated	3.875	48%	1702d	N/A
173	Kerneur, Youen	Brussels	Rated	3.333333	90%	1279d	N/A
174	Desomer, Jan G.M.	Brussels	Rated	0.909091	70%	1933d	N/A
175	Wante, Dirk Paul Maria	Brussels	Rated	3	53%	1294d	N/A
176	Wall, Leythem	Brussels	Rated	2.285714	100%	2079d	N/A
177	Vande Ginste, Kristof Omer	Brussels	Rated	1.625	100%	2316d	N/A
178	Kiadi Matsuela, Dela	Brussels	Rated	1.636364	41%	2203d	N/A
179	Vandevijver, Pascale	Brussels	Rated	0.928571	50%	1795d	N/A
180	Boon, Greet	Brussels	Rated	1.636364	94%	1946d	N/A
181	Lakeside IP	Brussels	Rated	2	100%	1511d	N/A
182	De Clercq & Partners	Sint-Martens-Latem	Rated	96.478261	59%	1760d	N/A
183	ZHAOffice	Gembloux	Rated	15.25	68%	1765d	N/A

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