Bart Laenen succeeds each time in mastering again the idea or the invention that is presented to him. As a result, he is proactive, not just in elaborating a patent application or argumentation in defending a file, but also in expanding the field of vision of the client in question. As a result, he is also capable of providing advice which has the starting point of the position and the interests of the client. He often sets tight deadlines for himself and will do everything to obtain them, or at least, en route, keeping the client informed about the processing of a project.
2020 – present: Partner, European & Belgian Patent Attorney at Arnold & Siedsma
2020 – 2007: Founder & Managing Director – EPA, BPA, Benelux Trademark Agent, EUIPO Trademark Agent at LC Patents
1999 – 2007: Patent Manager at Johnson & Johnson
Education
1995-1999 PhD in Sciences at UHasselt
Languages
Dutch, English, German and French
Outside activities and memberships
Member of EPI (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)
Publications
Laenen B., What about ‘Melon’ Patents.- In: International Pharmaceutical Industry, Vol.4 Issue 2 (2012), p. 8-10
Laenen B., Wiehart U., de Decker N., Steels P., van Kerkhove E..- Body extracts from the forest ant and honeybee: chromatographic comparison of factors affecting the ant Malpighian tubule.- In: Physiological entomology, 28(2003), p. 306-314
Laenen B., de Decker N., Steels P., van Kerkhove E., Nicolson S..- An antidiuretic factor in the forest ant: purification and physiological effects on the Malpighian tubules.- In: Journal of insect physiology, 47(2001), p. 185-193
Laenen B., Verhaert P., Schoofs L., Steels P., van Kerkhove E..- Partial identification of a peptide that stimulates the primary urine production of single isolated Malphigian tubules of the forest ant , Formica polyctena.- In: Journal of insect physiology, 45(1999), p. 743-753
Dewilde S., Laenen B., van Hauwaert M.-L., Blaxter M., Vanfleteren J., Moens L..- Structural characterization of the hemoglobin of Gasterophilus intestinalis.- In: Physiological zoology, 68(1995), p. 83
