Heli Pihlajamaa

Heli Pihlajamaa is Principal Director, Patent Law and Procedures at the European Patent Office in Munich, Germany. She is responsible for all patent law and procedures-related matters under the EPC and PCT, including operational developments, simplification and digitalisation of the procedures as well as policy aspects related to patentability. The principal directorate also deals with the Unitary Patent-related tasks assigned to the EPO. Heli studied Law at Helsinki University and at Max Planck Institute in Munich and has written books and articles on patent law.