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Dr
Jessica
Kroeze

Partner & Patent Attorney

The Hague Office

Chemistry

Telephone. +31(0) 70 240 0899
Email. [email protected]
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Experience

Jessica’s practice covers a wide range of inventions in the fields of materials science, physical chemistry, food technology, oil & gas, catalysis, and photovoltaics, and she is acting for a diverse range of companies across these technologies, from start-ups to multinationals.

She furthermore represents clients in Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office.

Jessica also has experience in managing large IP portfolios, having spent several years working in-house for a multinational oil and gas company.

Before joining the patent profession in 2007, she worked as a researcher and university lecturer at Imperial College London and TU Eindhoven.

Jessica is qualified as a Dutch and European Patent Attorney (2010).

Specialisms

Industries

Services

Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Dutch
Europe

MSCI

Physical-Organic Chemistry

PHD

Chemical Physics, Spectroscopy

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Praktika Interne Programme 2011, Board of Appeal, European Patent Office

Recognition

IAM Patent 1000 2022 - Recommended Individual

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IAM Patent 1000 2023 - Recommended Individual

Patent director Kroeze marries her PhD in chemical physics with her industry experience, to provide patrons in the chemical, oil and gas, and agrochemical space with counsel that both understands the science as well as the business implications

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Publications

IAM Patent 1000 2024

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IAM Global Patent Prosecution 2023

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Netherlands: patent prosecution (IAM Global Patent Prosecution 2023 Guide)

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CSR

Jessica has regularly acted as a tutor for Papers A and B of the European Qualification Examination (EQE), as well as for the Dutch Platform Formalities Officers.

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