Jelle Hoekstra 

Jelle is a European and Dutch patent attorney. He wrote "References to the EPC" as part of his preparation for EQE 1998. He later on co-founded DeltaPatents. Nowadays he is a full-time tutor in many of the DeltaPatents' courses on the European Patent Convention (EPC), specializing in substantive patent law (patentability, novelty and inventive step). He trains patent attorneys preparing for the EQE and gives courses to European patent attorneys as part of their continuing education. In addition, he has developed training courses for Formalities Officers (patent administrators, paralegals) and Information Specialists (searchers).

For an overview of the courses given by Jelle, please click DeltaPatents' Courses

Books

In addition to "References to the EPC", Jelle is the (co-)author of many more books on the EPC, particularly aiming at preparing candidates for the EQE.

For EQE paper C, Jelle has written the following three books
 

	The book "Methodology for Paper C" gives a thorough overview of the provisions relevant for Paper C and gives detailed tactics for handling the issues occurring in the C exam.
	The book "Cases and legal questions for Paper C" allows candidates to practice the methodology on legal issues and cases based on older C exams.
	For papers C2002, C2003, C2004, C2005, C2006, C2008 and C2009 detailed analysis and model solutions have been developed allowing the candidates to practice the methodology on actual papers.

 
For an overview of books to which Jelle contributed, please click DeltaPatent's Training Material

Career

Jelle graduated in Mathematics, specializing in Industrial Mathematics and Computer Science. In 1986, he started work at Philips Factory Automation (CFT) in Eindhoven, as a consultant specializing in computer networks for factories. In 1990, Jelle joined D2B Systems Co, Ltd. in Redhill, UK as the technical manager. He got involved in patents and licensing of IPR while working at D2B, a company which was heavily reliant on its intellectual property rights.

In 1995, Jelle joined the Philips Patent department (IP&S) as a patent attorney (trainee). He gained his Dutch patent attorney and European patent attorney qualifications. Within Philips, in addition to patent creation and prosecution, he also managed various IPR issues in these fields. This included counselling the business groups covering these areas, managing the portfolios in these areas (in terms of creation, prosecution, and maintenance) and acquiring and selecting invention disclosures. He was also involved in patent licensing and patent assertion. 

In 2001, Jelle and three of his colleagues founded DeltaPatents.