Title: Founding Partner/Patent attorney in Europe and Belgium
Employment experience:
Ann De Clercq holds a doctorate in plant molecular biology from Ghent University in Belgium, and cooperates with plant genetic system (PGS) in the Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Plant Molecular Biology (under the guidance of Professor Van Montagu and Professor Joel Vandekerkhove). After graduating with a PhD, she worked as a substantive examiner at the European Patent Office in Munich, Germany. Afterwards, she led the patent department of Innogenes NV, a biotechnology company active in the field of human healthcare in Belgium. She is a Patent attorney in Belgium and Europe.
At the end of 1998, she established Ann De Clercq&Co BVBA, a private practicing patent law firm, and later established De Clercq&Partners CVBA.
Industry:
I have extensive practical experience in patent litigation in all fields related to biotechnology and life sciences, as well as in the field of mechanical engineering inventions. For example, Ann has worked in the fields of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, biopharmaceuticals, and chemistry. She has knowledge and experience in recombination, microorganisms, transgenic animals and plants, protein chemistry, stem cells, regenerative cell therapy, diagnostic analysis, Proteomics, biomarkers, diagnosis and screening analysis including nucleic acid and protein based diagnosis, drugs, Genome editing, food processing, medical devices, veterinary products and other fields.
Language: English, French, Dutch language, German
Typical case:
-Served as an expert in intellectual property litigation in Belgian civil courts
-Experience in Intellectual Property Litigation in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Japan
-Legal Consultation on Belgian Patents
-Legal Opinion on Infringement and Validity
Domestic agency: Beijing Commercial College Yongxin Intellectual Property Agency
Contact number: 010-62285107