‘A creative interaction with the client and mutual understanding lead to the most valuable IP creations.’
Kristel Van den Broeck
- Chemistry
- European Patent Attorney
- Senior Associate
As a European patent attorney Kristel Van den Broeck has18 years of experience, of which 12 years as in-house patent attorney in the chemical industry. She spent most of that time working for Huntsman, where she was in-house patent attorney for the patent portfolio within the polyurethane division. In this position, she was responsible for drafting patent applications and associated global prosecution; advising on invention valorization; assessing patent validity, freedom to operate studies and European oppositions. Before working for Huntsman, Kristel worked within IMEC’s patent department, working on microelectronics-related patents.
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Enlarged Board of Appeal rules on plausibility
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued a ruling on “plausibility” on 23 March 2023. Peter de Lange, patent attorney at V.O.: “For practice, this is an important ruling, especially for pharma, life sciences and chemistry. In those fields, you always have to check whether the client has sufficient experimental data […]Continue reading
New European patent system launched
As of 1 June, the new European patent system is in force and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) finally opens its doors. This completes the preparations that had begun back in 1975 to create a truly European patent court.Continue reading
The Legal Quick Scan – your documents in order
Within your organization, various legal documents circulate daily – from employment contract to license and NDA. But is your company’s intellectual property contractually well regulated in these documents? With the Legal Quick Scan we can assess this for you quickly and at a fixed rate.Continue reading