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Johan Brants

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Advisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Johan Brants is a European, Belgian, and Dutch patent attorney and founding partner of Brantsandpatents, a firm offering intellectual property services including prosecution, litigation, portfolio management, and enforcement advice. The firm maintains offices in Ghent and Brussels and focuses on chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and mechanical engineering patent matters. Brants and his firm have been recognized in the IAM Patent Guide's World's Leading Patent Practitioners.

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Experience

  1. brantsandpatentsEuropean, Belgian and Dutch patent attorneycurrent2010 — presentGhent and Brussels Belgium
  2. Theodorus Investment FundsIndependent Member of the Investment Committeecurrent2010 — presentBrussels Area, Belgium
  3. QbicIndependent Member of the Investment Committeecurrent2018 — presentGent Area, Belgium
  4. Vlerick Business SchoolGuest lecturercurrent2007 — presentLeuven, Belgium
  5. KU LeuvenGuest lecturercurrent2014 — presentLeuven
  6. VUBAssociate Professor Intellectual Property2003 — 2014Brussels Area, Belgium
  7. De Clercq Brants and partnersCofounder2000 — 2010Belgium
  8. Ghent UniversityAssociate Professor Intellectual Property2007 — 2009Ghent, Belgium

Education

  1. CEIPI Stasbourg, FrancePatent attorney, Intellectual property Law1996 — 1999
  2. KU LeuvenMaster's degree in Bio-engineering and Chemistry, Chemical1986 — 1992

Skills & more

Intellectual Property68Patents80Trademarks3Patent Litigation25Biotechnology11Business Strategy7Innovation Management14Patent Prosecution41Licensing5Patentability9Lifesciences3Technology Transfer2
+12 moreR&DLecturingMolecular BiologyChemistryLitigationProsecutionTrademark InfringementCopyright LawManagementStrategySECIB néoIT law

Languages Dutch · English · French · German · Spanish

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Also attended KU Leuven130

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Shared employers

Also worked at brantsandpatents1

Ellen CrabbeAdvisory Board Expert at Qbic Fund

Also worked at Vlerick Business School7

Harry De SmedtIC at AngelwiseSofie BaetenManaging Partner at Qbic FundHans MaenhoutPartner at FinindusFrank MaeneManaging Partner at Volta VenturesSophie ManigartLP Committee Chair at Qbic FundLaurenz GovaertsDirector at EQT Life Sciences

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Also worked at KU Leuven26

KobeFinance Director at Hummingbird VenturesPieter AbbeelAlumni at HouseWillem BroekaertManaging Partner at V-Bio VenturesShelley MargetsonManaging Partner at V-Bio VenturesHendrik Van AsbroeckManaging Partner at Astanor VenturesFrank BulensPartner at imec.xpand

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Also worked at VUB5

Nikos DeligiannisMachine learning | Data | Tech at AngelwisePieter WellensTech | Software at AngelwiseRoel CallebautSenior Investment Manager at FinindusPhilippe StasInvestor at White FundCarl JacobsVenture Partner at RDY Ventures

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Ellen Crabbe
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Eric Peeters
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Guy Huylebroeck
Partner Qbic I at Qbic Fund
Katleen Vandersmissen
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