Miia Kariuki
Patent Assistant
Telephone: +358968595679
Email: miia.karjalainen@laineip.fi
Languages: Finnish, English, German
"I find my work meaningful because of its diversity, the opportunity to learn new things, and the chance to communicate in different languages. It is fascinating to see how various inventions progress from an idea to a patent. What excites me most about my job is the international work environment, where collaboration runs smoothly—and, of course, the friendly and supportive colleagues make it all even better."
Miia started at Laine in March 2022. She works as an assistant in the chemistry team, where her tasks include a variety of assistant duties such as correspondence with clients, foreign associate firms, and offices, reporting and invoicing, filing patent applications with patent offices in different countries, and handling the formalities related to official communications.
Miia has been working in the IPR field since 2012. She began her career in one of Europe’s largest patent firms, Hoffmann Eitle in Germany, where she was introduced to the complexities of the patent field, particularly patent practices in different countries. She then worked as a patent assistant in London at Reddie & Grose LLP, where she focused on the filing of EP, PCT, and GB patent applications and all related formalities.
Miia holds a high school diploma and has also completed a professional qualification as a foreign language administrative assistant in 2012 at SDI München (Sprachen & Dolmetscher Institut München, Germany).