Jens Asbjørn Andersson

Senior Director - IP & Licensing - Food&Health

Hørsholm, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

About

In short I: - Combine science with law and business to protect proprietary knowledge and accelerate innovation. - Apply IPR strategically and tactically to support a long term commercial success of lifescience investments. - Get operational with a global view on patent litigation and enforcement in both developed and developing regions. - Have been brought up on science, matured in business and ageing with management. - Have proven successful in leading socio- and ethno-culturally diverse groups. - Tell things as I see them. Type test: ENTP for Ekstrovert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Perceptive DISC Profile: D(5), S(5), I(4), C(3) - 'Result oriented'

Experience

  • Novonesis (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Director - IP&Licensing - Food&Health
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Director - IP&Licensing - Food&Health
      Apr 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Chr. Hansen (9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Director - Global IP Strategy and Portfolio
      Sep 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      LEADING VALUE CREATION BY IPR Leader of Leaders Global IP strategy anchor IP head of a 700M€ food and BioAg business Facilitator on multiparty and multinational negotiations Conflict resolver Executive leadership and stakeholder management

    • Head of Patents and Information Services, Food Cultures and Enzymes
      Nov 2017 - Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Proud leader of diversified, high performing and socially coherent teams Corporate IP strategy development and deployment Lead on € multimillion IP settlements Organizational development incl. setting up overseas corporate functions. Litigation lead in cross border litigations

    • Patent Attorney
      Sep 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Patent drafting Patent portfolio management FtO analyses Patent strategy IP due diligence Stakeholder management

  • Novozymes (3 yrs 8 mos)
    • Manager, Strategic IP and RD projects
      Apr 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Exploring alternative means for protecting Novozymes proprietary technology Member of the IP leadership team Cross-organizational and global project management. Corporate IP strategy R&D culture team member

    • Patent Manager
      Feb 2011 - Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Lead on patent litigation and enforcement in China Core Patent Attorney work IP harvesting, Drafting, Prosecution and Opposition Internal IP training Part of the Novozymes talent program

  • Patent Attorney, Team Leader - Life Science and Chemistry at Zacco (formerly Albihns A/S)
    Dec 2009 - Feb 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Leading through a period of post merger integration General Life-science IPR including patent prosecution and litigation. Strategic patenting, strategy alignment, research planning, risk management and commercialization of intellectual assets.

  • Patent Attorney at Albihns A/S
    Sep 2008 - Dec 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

    LifeScience IPR including invention assessments, FTO-analyses, application writing, claim drafting, oppositions, segmentation and research/IPR project planning.