Head of IPR management

• Feb 2006 - Present

Heading IPR team at NTNU Technology Transfer Heading IPR team at NTNU Technology Transfer

Head of IPR management

• Mar 2006 - Present

Senior IPR manager

• Mar 2006 - Sep 2016

Managing company IPR portfolio.Prosecute patent applications and discuss patent application drafts with external patent counsel.Implementing IPR strategies on both company level and business and project development level.IP due dill for license agreements, company start ups, ventures.Business development and project management.Conducting prior art analysis, freedom to operate, patent protection and prosecution.Contract management for the technology transfer office and university central administration.Develop company IPR competence - internal and external lecturing and workshops. Frequently lecturing at conference on IPR and technology transfer and for university students and staff.Advicing University chancellor and vice chancellor for innovation on IPR and contract management issues and questions. Member of the NTNU IPR advisory group.Developing and implementing new contract templates for external cooperations.Developing IPR policies on a national level.Negotiating several licensing agreements with large multinational companiesMajor strategic relationships or collaboration agreement that involved substantial negotiation and structuring: member in national governmental working group on negotiating and developing a white paper on IPR competencePublished peer reviewed, thought-leadership papers relevant to the TT Profession:- Submittet manuscript to leading sicentific journal: "The emerging patent landscape of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology: Early views on control and access"- Paper in Intellectual Asset Magazine - "The rise and fall of the IP realm?"- IPR blog frequently on ipr@- IPR and tech transfer blog frequently on www.tto.ntnu.no- Rapport fra et rådgivende kompetanseforum oppnevnt avNærings- og handelsdepartementet, "Tiltaksplan for økt kompetansei industrielle rettigheter"

PHD

• Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

Investigated university intellectual property management. Public funded research collaboration agreements have been analyzed, and a research model and a contribution for an ontology for investigating intellectual property in such agreements have been developed. These investigations are empirical investigations of intellectual property elements in university-industry collaboration agreements. The research represents results and tools for use by university managers, innovation managers, and policy makers to improve their intellectual property management strategies in collaborations. This thesis provides new knowledge to universities intellectual property management of research results in collaborations with industry. I have investigated the use of intellectual property management at the university in collaborations with industry. By analysing IP models of university-industry collaborations, I explored how different ways of managing IP have emerged to balance the norms of open science within the framework of university entrepreneurship and commercialization and accessing university research. The contribution is based on models providing a broad focus on the university missions of teaching, research, and economic and social contribution. I analyse the relationship between these missions in relation to IP management. This has enabled me to suggest solutions to how the university could improve strategies of intellectual property development and management in a fast-growing knowledge economy, and its interaction and integration with society. Prior literature is missing tools for empirically investigating collaborations agreements in university-industry collaborations. There is a need for research studying why and how universities should be concerned about how access to disruptive biotechnological tools are being managed in collaborations with industry.

Senior Examiner

• Aug 2001 - Mar 2006

Patent application search and examination. Prior art analysis. Head Team of Methodology - implementing new search techniques and search strategies for patent examiners, group of experienced search examiners. Member of the World Intellectual Property Group, WIPO, developing the patent classification scheme - IPC. Representing the EPO "Teach the Teacher program." Patent application search and examination. Prior art analysis. Head Team of Methodology - implementing new search techniques and search strategies for patent examiners, group of experienced search examiners. Member of the World Intellectual Property Group, WIPO, developing the patent classification scheme - IPC. Representing the EPO "Teach the Teacher program."

Managing editor and co-founder

• Mar 2000 - Mar 2001

Co-founding and heading a scientific webservice for scientist and researchers. Launching an intelligent database in 2000 developed and designed on the basis of a scientific reference work. Grows dynamicly and intelligent and became more comprehensive as it was used. Helping researchers in their scientific online searching. On December 4th 2000 the meeting place search4science was opened to researchers, and around 150.000 new words have already been entered onto the database by users. In addition to the search engine, the site offers a large number of services including an e-mail catalogue aimed at researchers. More precisely an interactive and intelligent search service which, at the start, contained around 50,000 scientific words and expressions, and now contains over 300,000 scientific words and phrases.

Head of marketing

• Aug 1997 - Apr 2000

Head of marketing activites for a biotech start-up. Developing products within immunology and cancer, mainly monoclonal antibodies. Also providing contract research and production for other biotech companies. Head of marketing activites for a biotech start-up. Developing products within immunology and cancer, mainly monoclonal antibodies. Also providing contract research and production for other biotech companies.

Sales manager

• Aug 1996 - Jun 1997

Sales and marketing of chemical polymer additives, pigments, flame retardants, Sales and marketing of chemical polymer additives, pigments, flame retardants,