Inga-Lill Andersson

Partner, Swedish and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
Stockholm

Inga-Lill Andersson

Inga-Lill is the head of the Stockholm office and EIP’s practice in Sweden. She is a highly experienced European and Swedish patent attorney, having her expertise within chemistry and life sciences.

Before joining EIP in 2022, Inga-Lill worked at AWA for more than two decades. Inga-Lill has handled all types of patent-related issues, including drafting and prosecution of patent applications, freedom-to-operate analyses, and due diligence investigations. She has also been deeply involved in patent litigation cases before Swedish courts. Inga-Lill is well placed to advise clients on the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) - see further details at EIP Amar, our alliance created to support clients in any litigation before the UPC.

Her excellent work has been recognised and she has been listed as a Patent Star by Managing Intellectual Property, as a recommended individual for prosecution in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, and as a WIPR Leader. She has also been listed as one of the ‘Top 250 Women in IP’ and has been recognised in "WIPR Influential women in IP".

Inga-Lill also has extensive leadership and management experience. For six years, she held the role as a Business Area Manager, AWA North Sweden, and was also a member of the Swedish management team. She has experience of expansion into new markets and has been heavily engaged in the establishment of a new office.

Inga-Lill holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering specializing in Biotechnology from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. She also received CEIPI Diploma in European Patent Litigation from Strasbourg University in 2015.

Education

  • 2015 European Patent Litigation Certificate
  • 1994 — 2000
    M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Career history

  • 2022 — present
    Partner, EIP
  • 2016 — 2022
    Business Area Manager, North Sweden, AWA
  • 2015 — 2016
    Team Manager, Chemistry, North Sweden, AWA
  • 2006 — 2015
    European Patent Attorney, AWA
  • 2000 — 2006
    Patent Attorney, AWA
  • 1998 — 1999
    Analytical Chemist, AstraZeneca

Awards and recognition

  • WIPR Leaders 2024: Recognised individual (link)
  • IAM Patent 1000 2024 (link)
  • Ranked as 'Patent Star 2024' IP Stars (link)
  • WIPR Leader 2023, Patent Leaders, United Kingdom (link)
  • Ranked as a 'Patent Star', IP Stars 2023
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2022
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2022
  • Ranked as ‘a WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2022
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2021
  • Ranked as ‘a WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2021
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2021
  • Ranked as ‘a WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2020
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2020
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2020
  • Ranked as ‘a WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2019
  • Ranked as WIPR Influential Women in IP, 2019
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2019
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2019
  • Ranked as a "Top 250 Women in IP", IP Star 2018
  • Ranked in Legal Media Group's Patent Expert Guide, 2018
  • Ranked as ‘a WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2018
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2017
  • Ranked in Legal Media Group's Patent Expert Guide, 2017
  • Ranked in Legal Media Group's Patent Expert Guide, 2017
  • Ranked as a ‘WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2017
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2017
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2016
  • Ranked in Legal Media Group's Patent Expert Guide, 2016
  • Ranked as a ‘WIPR Leader’, World IP Review 2016
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2016
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2015
  • Ranked in Legal Media Group's Patent Expert Guide, 2015
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2015
  • Ranked as a "Patent Star", IP Star 2014
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2014
  • Recommended IAM Patent 1000, 2013

Languages spoken

  • Swedish (Native)
  • English (Fluent)

Additional information

  • Board Member of SEPAF (The Association of Intellectual Property Law in Sweden) 2017-2020

Specialisms

Digital

  • Digital health

Elements

  • Food & flavour ingredients
  • Pharmaceuticals

HealthTech

  • Digital health
  • Femtech
  • Medical devices
  • Personalised healthcare
  • Surgical tools and implants

Life

  • Agritech
  • Biologics
  • Biotech
  • Cell therapy
  • Gene editing
  • Immunotherapy
  • Microbiome
  • Pharmaceuticals