Timo Pykälä

Timo Pykälä has had the privilege of working with some fine Finnish software and telecommunications companies and inventions for almost the last 30 years. He has a wealth of expertise in patenting inventions related to mobile phone networks and various software.

As a patent attorney for Kolster since 1996, Timo has drawn up around 300 first filing patent applications, which have led to about 800 patents all over the world. In addition, as a specialist he has analysed around a hundred patents, assessing their validity, compliance with standards, patent infringements, licensing, and other business-relevant issues. Timo also has extensive experience of codes of conduct for employee inventions and their legal application, as well as IP due diligence statements and IP training. In 2000, Timo was the first Finn to pass the European Patent Office’s EQE Patent Attorney Exam. He passed all parts of the exam in the one attempt, setting the bar high for the patent attorneys who come after him.

Timo’s reading tip for anyone interested in drawing up patent claims:

John L. Landis: Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting.

IP expertise

• Patentability assessment
• Preparation and maintenance of a patent application up to the granting of a patent
• Designing a patenting strategy
• Scope of protection of patents
• Handling patent opposition
• IP due diligence
• All other duties of professional patent attorneys, such as analyses, statements, and training

Technical expertise

• Software engineering
• Wireless networks and terminals
• Network analysers
• Interfaces
• Medical data processing and the related hardware
• Heart rate monitors, sports watches
• Systems providing various services
• Sports applications
• Remote controls
• Antivirus software
• Electromechanical locks
• Online games
• Hunting dog tracking devices
• Video coding
• Indoor positioning
• Bank automation
• Ship control systems
• Cooling systems
• All kinds of other devices and systems that contain software, as well as simple mechanics

Client industries

• Communications and media
• Consumer goods
• Financial services
• ICT
• Life sciences
• Media and entertainment
• Public services
• Freight and logistics
• Health care
• High tech
• Software
• Pharmaceuticals & medical products
• Utilities / cleantech
• Telecommunications

IPR sector memberships

• epi – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
• Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys