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Toimi represents our clients directly before the US Patent Office, the European Patent Office as well as the Finnish Patent Office (PRH). Toimi also drafts patent applications for inventions within his field of technical expertise.
Toimi joined Laine in 2016 and has previously worked as an ICT startup founder. Bilingual in Finnish and English, Toimi holds a MSc (Eng) degree in automation technology.
A board member since 2022, he is the current Chairman of the Board.
Jasmin joined Laine IP in May 2025. She works as a patent agent trainee in our chemistry team. Previously she has been working in cancer research at the University of Turku from 2015 to 2025.
Jasmin holds a MSc degree in Biochemistry and a PhD degree in Medical Biochemistry and Genetics.
In her freetime she likes to do sports, especially dancing, in addition to reading books.
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.
Benjamin joined Laine IP in January 2025. He works as a patent agent in Laine IP’s U.S. IP team, focusing primarily on inventions in the telecommunications and computer-related fields.
Previously, Benjamin served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science, working on topics including mobile networking, AI, and augmented reality. Additionally, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University Department of Communications and Networking, working on topics including mobile device usage and quality of experience (QoE).
Benjamin holds a D.Sc. degree in Network Economics and a M.Sc. degree in Communication Ecosystems from Aalto University, and a B.Sc. degree in Software Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).
In his leisure time Benjamin plays disc golf, and he also enjoys watching independent movies and following world news.
Niki joined Laine IP in March 2025. He works in the ICTM team, where his tasks include producing various analyses and reports, drafting patent applications and responding to office actions.
Before changing his career to IPR and patents in autumn 2022 Niki worked as an IT consultant. He is specialized in system integrations with focus on scripting and requirement gathering. He also has experience in a vast area pertaining to different steps of patent prosecution. He is experienced in novelty and patentability studies, competitor analyses, freedom-to-operate reports, patent landscape analyses, invalidation studies and Niki has also helped in patent litigation by searching for prior art and forming attacks against the opposition’s patent. Additionally, Niki has also regularly written responses to office actions for EPO and PRH, and also drafted instructions to overseas patent attorneys to Australia, Japan and the US.
Niki holds a MSc degree (Complex Systems) from Aalto University.
In his free time Niki usually heads to the gym for some weightlifting. Besides weightlifting his dog keeps him active with daily walks. Niki also enjoys baking and specialize in laminated dough from which he bakes croissants and other viennoiserie.
Christoffer joined as a patent attorney in Laine’s chemistry team in September 2024. He has worked in the IPR field since 2002, and has a broad experience from amongst others handling Finnish and foreign patent applications and utility models, opposition and appeal proceedings, as well as various patent analyses and assessments.
Christoffer holds a MSc in organic chemistry from the University of Helsinki.
In his free time Christoffer enjoys playing guitar and singing, boating and spending time on his summer cottage, renovating his house and exercising.
Maria joined Laine IP in November 2023. She works as a patent attorney on the chemistry team, and she has experience related to patent application process in Finland and abroad, utility models, supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products, and analyses based on patent information, such as novelty searches and patent landscapes.
She holds a holds a MSc (chemistry) degree from the University of Helsinki.
Maria is also a member of board in Finska Kemistsamfundet.
Gustav works as a European patent attorney and team leader in Laine IP’s chemistry team. He handles assignments primarly related to chemistry and biotechnology, with a particular focus on organic and medicinal chemistry.
Gustav has been working in the IPR sector since 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a researcher for about 15 years, including as a Team leader and Responsible investigator at the Drug Discovery-group of the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Helsinki. He has also worked in South Korea at Seoul National University. In addition, Gustav has supervised several PhD students, he has been a member of several PhD committees and he has been a reviewer of reseach applications to the European Research Council, among others. Both the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and the University of Helsinki awarded Gustav the Young Researcher’s Award in 2016.
Gustav holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry (University of Helsinki and York University (UK).
Gustav is also actively involved in association activities. He is, for example, a Finnish deputy member of epi (term 2023-2026), a member of the Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys (SPAY), the Finnish Chemical Society, and the Finska Kemistsamfundet – Suomen Kemistiseura (FKS) (Chemical Society of Finland).
In his spare time, Gustav enjoys playing golf – give him a call if you’d like to play. He also likes to exercise, for example by going to the gym and running. He has played actively football, floorball and volleyball. He also enjoys spending his free time with his family and his friends.
Torsti joined Laine IP in April 2024. He works in the ICT & mechanics team as a European Patent Attorney, working with patent applications related to electrical engineering.
Before starting his career in IPR Torsti has worked as an electric designer at Etteplan Oyj, focusing in various projects related to embedded systems (particularly systems with FPGAs). He has prior work experience also as a software designer and as a schematics/layout designer.
Additionally, Torsti has experience in patenting inventions in the field of power electronics, especially frequency converters, converter topologies and converter control algorithms. Further experience in health technologies (incl. monitoring sleep and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease). He has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in a large variety of technologies (such as cryptographic systems, insect farming and plant cultivation, robotics, and lasers).
Torsti holds a MSc degree (electrical engineering) from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).
Pia joined Laine IP’s chemistry team in June 2024. She has earlier work experience e.g. of data base searches, patent information analyses, SPC applications, as well as various tasks as an IPR assistant.
She holds a MSc degree in Biochemistry.
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