Gustav Boije af Gennäs

European Patent Attorney
Partner
Team leader (Chemistry)

Phone: +358 44 300 9876
Email: gustav.boijeafgennas@laineip.fi
Working languages: Swedish, Finnish, English

"As a patent attorney, I assist companies – from large corporations to startups – as well as research institutions and individual inventors in protecting their inventions, creating and developing IP strategies, and providing guidance on IP matters. My goal is to support the growth and value of my clients' businesses through effective use of intellectual property. I enjoy being able to apply both my scientific expertise and knowledge of IP law in my work"

Gustav works as a European patent attorney and team leader in Laine IP’s chemistry team. He handles assignments primarly related to chemistry and biotechnology, with a particular focus on organic and medicinal chemistry.

Gustav has been working in the IPR sector since 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a researcher for about 15 years, including as a Team leader and Responsible investigator at the Drug Discovery-group of the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Helsinki. He has also worked in South Korea at Seoul National University. In addition, Gustav has supervised several PhD students, he has been a member of several PhD committees and he has been a reviewer of reseach applications to the European Research Council, among others. Both the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and the University of Helsinki awarded Gustav the Young Researcher’s Award in 2016.

Gustav holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry (University of Helsinki and York University (UK).

Gustav is also actively involved in association activities. He is, for example, a Finnish deputy member of epi (term 2023-2026), a member of the Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys (SPAY), the Finnish Chemical Society, and the Finska Kemistsamfundet – Suomen Kemistiseura (FKS) (Chemical Society of Finland).

In his spare time, Gustav enjoys playing golf – give him a call if you’d like to play. He also likes to exercise, for example by going to the gym and running. He has played actively football, floorball and volleyball. He also enjoys spending his free time with his family and his friends.

IPR services

  • IPR processes, IPR strategy, patenting analyses, database searches, Freedom-to-operate (FTO) and landscape-analyses, competitor monitoring, opposition and appeal proceedings, infringement analysis, patent litigation, supplementary protection certificate (SPC), European patent with unitary effect, European Patent Convention, EPC, UPC.

Special expertise

  • Industries: chemical industry, pharmaceutical (drug) industry, mining industry, material and polymer industry, nanotechnology, wood and paper chemistry, feed industry and forestry industry.
  • Technologies: chemistry, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry (pharma), analytical chemistry, chemical instrumentation, biochemistry, biotechnology, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, processes and metallurgy, chemical and physical separation methods, cleantech solutions
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