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Emmanuel Jelsch

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European patent attorney
Katzarov S.A.
Rue des épinettes 19
1227 Geneva
Switzerland

E-mail: jelsch@katzarov.com

Emmanuel Jelsch holds a Master’s degree in bio-chemistry and a diploma in organic chemistry and plant physiology from the University of Strasbourg. With an engineering degree in pharmacology from the EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, University of Paris) he worked as a research engineer in the Glaxo Laboratories in Les Ulis, France. Having graduated from CEIPI in 1996, he acquired an extensive professional experience in pharmaceutical and healthcare companies as a patent agent in charge of the patent departments with the Debio Group, Lausanne, and Bracco SA, Geneva.

He joined KATZAROV in 2002. European Patent Attorney since 2003, he graduated in 2007 from CEIPI/EPI in European Patent litigation. Member of AIPPI and LES, Emmanuel Jelsch specializes in chemistry and biotech inventions and has a good knowledge of the field of medical devices and diagnostics as well. Since 2005, appointed as a WIPO and EU expert for the Patent Agent Training course in developing countries. Of French mother tongue, he is also fluent in English and German. He also actively contributes in the updating of the Katzarov's manual on industrial property, a continually revised reference work providing comprehensive information on the protection of industrial property for 200 countries, all over the world with contributions from 140 authors.

About Katzarov S.A.:
Katzarov S.A. is one of the largest intellectual property firms in Switzerland with a great number of international and local clients, representing companies in our home country and before European intellectual property authorities. The firm is also able to act as the hub of a worldwide network of agencies dealing with intellectual property. Katzarov offers assistance in the field of intellectual property in nearly every country throughout the world. We assist clients in the formulation of their inventive concepts and seek protection for Swiss national, European or PCT applications in all technical fields with a particular expertise in chemistry and biotech inventions. Services include state-of-the-art searches as well as opinions on the validity of third party rights and on infringement. Katzarov assists in developing application strategies and support the management of patent portfolios. Consulting services with regard to license agreements and other legal or administrative issues such as the monitoring and the payment of annuities are provided as well.