Henrik Rastrup Andersen

M.Sc. Chem.Eng.
European Patent Attorney, Regional Manager, Partner

Henrik has worked as a patent attorney with Plougmann & Vingtoft since 1982. He has been the manager of our Munich office since its establishment in 1996, and he specializes in prosecution before the EPO including in particular oppositions and oral proceedings. He also has a wide experience with infringement evaluations, litigations and validity issues.

Prior to joining Plougmann & Vingtoft, Henrik worked for 6 years as a R&D scientist for a Danish company specialized in the field of automated chemical food quality analysis. During this period, he made an invention still used in the company’s instruments today.

At Plougmann & Vingtoft, Henrik’s work with patenting has been spread across a palette of fields such as pharmaceuticals, plant protection agents, cement and concrete, paints, cutting oils for metal working, chemical protection garments, ceramics, reinforcing fibers for plastics and cementitious materials, polymer glues, tire balancing compositions, and food preservation agents - just to mention a few.

Henrik works with IPR in the following technical fields:

• Chemistry
• Health care
• Materials technology
• Oil & Gas