Jari Hovinen

Jari joined Laine’s chemistry team in December 2024, where he works as a European Patent Attorney. Jari has experience in various fields of technology (e.g., nucleic acid chemistry, peptide chemistry, labeling technology, inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, process chemistry, optics, mechanics, nanotechnology, ultrasonics, and sensor technology). He also handles opposition matters, acts as an expert in various infringement and invalidation court cases, conducts novelty searches and freedom-to-operate analyses, and develops patenting strategies in collaboration with clients.

Jari has been working in the patent field since 2009 as a patent attorney and European Patent Attorney at Finnpatent Oy, and prior to that as a researcher and Head of the Organic Chemistry R&D Department in an international company. He also has extensive academic experience: he holds adjunct professorships (docentships) at the Universities of Helsinki and Turku and has over 10 years of experience in academic research (University of Turku, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Uppsala University, Wake Forest University). Additionally, he is an inventor or co-inventor in 21 patent families in the field of chemistry and seven utility model families, and he has published numerous scientific articles.

Jari holds a Master of Science degree in physical chemistry and a PhD in synthetic nucleic acid chemistry. In 2014–2015, he completed the CEIPI epi Course on European Patent Litigation at the University of Strasbourg, which qualifies him to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Furthermore, he has enhanced his knowledge of the UPC by completing the CEIPI Training Program for Technically Qualified Judges of the Unified Patent Court at the University of Strasbourg in 2016.

IPR Services

• European patents, domestic patents, foreign patents, utility models, patent infringement analyses, scope of protection analyses, novelty searches, FTO analyses, competitor monitoring, state-of-the-art studies, patenting strategies, unitary patents, European Patent Convention (EPC), Unified Patent Court (UPC)

Special Expertise

• Industries/Technologies: nucleic acid chemistry, peptide chemistry, labeling technology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, process chemistry, optics, mechanics, nanotechnology, ultrasonics, sensor technology