Arto Karppinen
"Since inventions usually can’t be kept secret, they must be protected."
Arto Karppinen helps Kolster’s clients develop sustainable IPR strategies, ensuring that innovations are protected in a way that also supports business growth.
Arto has worked as a patent attorney since 1995. He is a true multidisciplinary expert, with deep specialization in optics, measurement technology, process engineering, and telecommunications.
His expertise covers the entire patenting process from drafting applications to granted patents, including oppositions and appeals, novelty and freedom-to-operate searches, as well as assessments of claim scope and potential infringements.
Before joining Kolster, Arto worked as a university researcher.
For Arto, IPR strategy is above all a business tool, serving not just legal purposes but also driving business development and competitive advantage. A sustainable IPR strategy not only protects inventions but also actively supports a company’s growth and innovation efforts.
IP-expertise
- Patent and utility model application processes globally from their drafting to the granting of the patent
- Oppositions and appeals
- Various surveys related to e.g. novelty searches and the freedom to operate
- Assessments and statements on scope of protection and infringements
- IP consulting
Technical Expertise
- Optics
- Electronics
- Process engineering
- Communications engineering
- Measuring technology
Client Industries
- Communications and media
- Consumer goods
- ICT
- Life sciences
- Paper and forest industry
- Freight and logistics
- Healthcare
- High tech
- Industrial equipment
- Electric measurement technology
- Utilities / cleantech
- Telecommunications
Professional Memberships
- epi – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
- SPAY – The Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys