Joanna Applequist
Joanna Applequist is a Partner and a European Patent Attorney. Joanna has extensive experience providing intellectual property advice to the life science and chemistry industries since 2011, including creation and IP portfolio prosecution, freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis, IP due diligence analysis and IP Strategy.
She specializes in the fields of cell- and molecular biology, Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), biologics, antibody technologies, vaccines as well as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
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Extended profile
Joanna works in close collaboration with clients and inventors. She is a key account manager and handles IP portfolios of several actors within the fields of ATMPs, vaccine drugs and antibody therapeutics. In addition, Joanna has experience in handling SPC applications.
She holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Biology and received her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Karolinska Institute. Joanna has a particularly deep understanding of developmental biology and neurobiology, including stem cells and cell differentiation, from her time as an academic researcher.
Joanna is also an experienced speaker and provides expert patent analysis and commentary to leading industry publications. She regularly lectures on topics such as Crispr-Cas9 technology, patenting of ATMPs, and FTO and Due Diligence analysis. Joanna is also a board member of AIPPI Sweden.
Practices
- Freedom to Operate
- IP due diligence
- IP Strategy
- Patents
Industries
- Advanced Therapeutic Medical Products (ATMP)
- Antibodies
- Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology
- Life sciences
- Pharma
- Vaccines
Languages
- English
- German
- Polish
- Swedish
Prior experience
- European Patent Attorney, Valea, 2018-2019
- European Patent Attorney, Groth & Co, 2017-2018
- Patent Attorney, AWA, 2011-2017
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Karolinska Institute, 2011
- Master Thesis in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002
Education
- Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, 2011
- M.Sc. Engineering Biology, Umeå University, 2002
Authorisations
- European Patent Attorney
Memberships
- epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)
- SFIR (Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property)
- AIPPI Sweden (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)