Regina Pudas

Regina Pudas has handled patent matters since 2010, and since 2013 has worked as a patent attorney. Her activities focus on drafting patent and utility model applications and patent prosecution procedures (national and foreign). She is also involved in providing consulting services for SMEs aiming at the commercialization of innovations, including patentability searches, freedom-to-operate and portfolio planning.

Regina has technical expertise in the fields of chemistry, including petrochemistry, oil processing and refining, biochemistry and molecular biology, and has also prosecuted applications related to the technical fields of mechanics, medical and diagnostic devices, nutritional and therapeutic compositions, and reflective materials.

Regina works at our office in Helsinki.

Practice Areas

Prosecution related to (bio)chemistry and process engineering

Evaluation of infringement risks, Freedom-to-Operate analyses and statements

Patentability assessment and planning of patent portfolios

Technical expertise in opposition and annulment proceedings

Education

UPC (Unified Patent Court) litigation certificate, Politecnico di Milano, 2018

European Patent Attorney, EPO, 2017

Finnish Patent Attorney, Finnish Patent and Registration Office, 2013

PhD, University of Oulu, 2006

Career

Heinonen & Co, Attorneys-at-Law, Ltd – part of Eversheds Sutherland Finland, Patent Attorney, 2016-

IPR Partners Ltd., Patent Attorney, 2013-2016, Patent Agent 2010-2013

University of Oulu, Postdoc, 2007 – 2008

Languages

Russian, Finnish, English

Memberships

Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys (SPAY)