Frits Michiels
- Life Sciences
- European Patent Attorney
- Dutch Patent Attorney
- Senior Associate
“To explore, together with a client, how the best IP protection can be obtained is for me the logical next step after an invention has been made.”
Frits Michiels has had an extensive scientific career in both knowledge institutes and biotech companies. From 2004, he was employed as IP manager at Galapagos Genomics BV and subsequently also at other Dutch biotech startups, such as Agendia and Merus. He has worked for V.O. since 2006.
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