V.O. Patents & Trademarks appoints Rutger Timmer as partner

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V.O. Patents & Trademarks appoints Rutger Timmer as partner

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V.O. Patents & Trademarks announce Rutger Timmer as a partner

As of 1 January 2025, Rutger Timmer has been appointed partner at V.O. Patents & Trademarks. Timmer 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 Nuclear and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF) and received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) in Amsterdam, where he conducted experimental and theoretical research based on time-resolved spectroscopy.

Since 2010, Timmer has worked as a patent attorney for V.O. at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven office. With his extensive experience in the fields of optics, physical chemistry and semiconductor products, he is serving knowledge centers and multinationals as well as local tech starters.

About V.O. Patents & Trademarks

V.O. Patents & Trademarks is one of the major service providers in Europe in the field of patents and trademarks. Over 70 trademark and patent attorneys support clients, ranging from tech starters to multinationals, in maximizing the value of their intellectual property. V.O. has expertise and experience in all technical fields. With eight offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, V.O. operates in a worldwide network of professionals.

V.O. is praised as a center of excellence by IAM Patent 1000 and received ‘The Netherlands prosecution IP Firm of the Year Award’ from Managing IP. In September 2024, V.O. was, for the fourth consecutive year, recommended by JUVE Patent in the categories ‘Patent Filing' and, with five stars, 'Litigation: Patent Attorneys'.

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