Ylva Wikmark
Counsel, European Patent Attorney
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Contact information
PHONE
+46 8 440 95 12
VISITING ADDRESS
Jakobsbergsgatan 36
111 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Expanded profile
Ylva works in close collaboration with clients and inventors. Her main focus areas are biological and small molecule pharmaceuticals and formulations thereof, protein engineering, antibodies, immunology, vaccine development, and neurochemistry.
Ylva is involved in drafting and prosecution of patent applications, patentability evaluations, IP strategies, Freedom to Operate (FTO) analyses and IP due diligence.
She has a M.Sc. in Chemistry and received her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stockholm University. Ylva has a particularly deep understanding of protein engineering, enzymology and organic chemistry from her time as an academic researcher.
Practices
- Analyses & searches
- IP due diligence
- IP Strategy
- Patents
- Prosecution
Industries
- Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Life sciences
- Medtech
- Organic chemistry
- Pharma
Languages
- English
- German
- Swedish
Prior Experience
- Scientific officer at the Swedish Chemicals Agency, examiner of active substances in plant protection products, 2016-2017.
Education
- Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2015, including 3 months as a visiting researcher at EPFL, Switzerland.
- M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2009.
- Bc.Sc. in Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2008.
- Molecular Biology study program, Stockholm University, 2004-2008.
Authorisations
- European Patent Attorney