Recently, our office joined the Amsterdam Chemistry Network (ACN), a networking organization for chemistry and molecular life sciences in the Amsterdam region. This offers our Amsterdam office an excellent opportunity to get even more in touch with the local chemistry community. For example, through conferences in which our office can participate or contribute with speakers or panelists, or through seminars, competitions and partnering. Amsterdam is bustling with chemical activity and V.O. is keen to show what it can do for the community in terms of IP services. The contacts on behalf of our Amsterdam office are  Joris Goetze and Henri van Kalkeren.      

On 1 January of this year, Rutger Timmer was appointed partner at V.O. He has been with our firm as a patent attorney since 2010. In that capacity, he writes and defends patents on numerous physics-related topics. Rutger studied applied physics at the University of Twente. During his studies, he worked at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN). He graduated from the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF) and received his PhD from the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) in Amsterdam. His experience is mainly in the fields of optics, physical chemistry and semiconductor products.