Johan De Houwer
NL patent attorney
NL patent attorney
Catalysis, Chemical Technology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Polymer Chemistry
Johan is a trainee patent attorney and has been with Arnold & Siedsma since 2021. He advises both academic and industrial clients, drawing on expertise in (organic) chemistry from his doctoral research at the University of Antwerp.
Before Johan found his calling at Arnold & Siedsma, he focused at Catalisti on making the Flemish chemicals and plastics sector more sustainable. Specifically, this involved setting up subsidised innovation projects involving both companies and knowledge institutions. Johan is therefore an ideal point of contact if you want to know more about subsidies for stimulating innovation, but also more specifically for protecting intellectual property.
Before that, Johan also gained industrial experience at Xeikon, where he was involved in filing and defending patent applications, among other things. This enables him to also look at intellectual property from a commercial perspective.
Johan actively thinks along with his clients to determine the best strategy, and does not shy away from complex cases. In fact, he gets his satisfaction from unravelling complex puzzles, not shying away from a Markush formula.
Analytically strong, amicable, quality-oriented, persuasive, straightforward, critical.
